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ECONOMICAL TOURIST 

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FIFTH EDITION. 



EDINBURGH 


ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, 27 NORTH B 




BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS TO THE QUEEN. 


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EDINBURGH : 

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TABLE OF DISTANCES . yiii 

DESCRIPTION OF EDINBURGH . 1 

DESCRIPTION OF GLASGOW. 25 

DESCRIPTION OF ABERDEEN . 24 

PLEASURE TOURS. 

I. BORDER TOUR. 

st. mary’s loch — Selkirk—Abbotsford—melrose—kelso— 
COLDSTREAM—BERWICK— WITH A CHART . 5 

II. TROSACHS TOUR. 

EDINBURGH — STIRLING—CALLANDER—THE TROSACHS—LOCH KA¬ 
TRINE— LOCH LOMOND—DUMBARTON—GLASGOW— WITH OFF¬ 
SHOOT TO THE DISTRICT OF MENTEITII, AND A CHART . 10 

III. PERTH, DUNKELD, AND BLAIR-ATHOLL TOUR. 

EDINBURGH — PERTH — DUNKELD — BLAIR-ATHOLL — KENMORE — 

KILLIN—TAYMOUTH—LOCHEARN-HEAD—CRIEFF . 18 

IY. FALLS OF THE CLYDE TOUR. 

GLASGOW — BOTHWELL CASTLE — HAMILTON—FALLS OF CLYDE— 

LANARK. 26 










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CONTENTS. 


Y. THE CLYDE TOUR. 

GLASGOW — DUMBARTON — GREENOCK — GOUROCK — INNERKIP— 
LARGS—MILLPORT—ARRAN — DUNOON—ROTHESAY—EAST TAR- 
BET—OBAN . 


VI. STAFEA AND IONA TOUR. 

OBAN—TOBERMORAY—STAFFA—IONA . 

CALEDONIAN CANAL TOUR, with chart. 

EDINBURGH to STIRLING (by Steam-Boat) TOUR, with 

CHART . 


. ROAD ITINERARY. 


I. Edinburgh—Galashiels—Melrose—Jedburgh .... 

II. Edinburgh—Dalkeith—Lauder—Kelso. 

III. Edinburgh—Selkirk—Hawick—Longtown. 

IY. Edinburgh—Musselburgh—Haddington—Dunbar—Berwick . 

Y. Edinburgh—Linlithgow—Falkirk—Stirling. 

YI. Edinburgh—Peebles—Moffat—Dumfries. 

VII. Edinburgh—Midcalder—Strathaven—Galston—Kilmarnock—Ayr 

VIII. Edinburgh—Carnwath—Douglas Mill—Cumnock—Ayr 

IX. Edinburgh—Mid-Calder—Kirk of Shotts—Ilolytown—Glasgow 

X. Edinburgh—Linlithgow—Falkirk—Cumbernauld—Glasgow . 

XI. Edinburgh—Upliall—Bathgate—Airdrie—Glasgow 

XII. Edinburgh—Queensferry—Inverkeithing—Kinross—Perth . 

XIII. Perth—Cupar-Angus—Forfar—Brechin—Stonehaven 

XIV. Perth—Dunkeld—Blair-Atholl—Inverness. 

XV. Edinburgh—Kirkaldy—Cupar—Dundee—Arbroath—Stonehaven 

Aberdeen . 













CONTENTS. Vll 

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XVI. Inverness—Beauly—Tain—Wick—Thurso.55 

XVII. Glasgow—Paisley—Greenock—Largs—Kilwinning—Ayr . . 58 

XVIII. Glasgow—Ayr—Maybole—Girvan—Portpatrick .... 59 

XIX. Glasgow — Butherglen — Hamilton — Lanark—Peebles—Selkirk— 

Hawick.60 

XX. Glasgow—Dumbarton—Tarbet—Tyndnun—Fort-William . . 61 

XXI. Aberdeen—Kintore—Inverury—Huntly—Keith—Fochabers . . 62 

XXII. Aberdeen—Banff—Cullen—Elgin—Forres—Nairn—Inverness . 63 


RAILWAY ITINERARY. 

I. Caledonian Bailway. — Edinburgh, Glasgow, Biggar, Moffat, 

Lockerby, Carlisle.65 

II. Dundee, Arbroath, and Forfar.68 

III. Dundee, Newtyle, Cupar-Angus, Glammis. 69 

IV. Edinburgh and Glasgow. —Edinburgh, Linlithgow, Falkirk, Glasgow 70 
V. Edinburgh and Northern. —Edinburgh, Burntisland, Cupar-Fife, 

Dundee, Perth.71 

VI. Glasgow and Ayr. —Glasgow, Paisley, Dairy, Irvine, Troon, Ayr . 72 

VII. Glasgow and Greenock. —Glasgow, Paisley, Port-Glasgow, Greenock 73 
VHL North British. —Edinburgh, Haddington, Linton, Dunbar, Ber- 
wick-on-Tweed; and Branch from Edinburgh to Dalkeith, Gala¬ 
shiels, Melrose, Hawick ..74 

IX. Scottish Central. —Stirling, Dunblane, Perth . . . . 77 

X. Wishaw and Coltness. —Glasgow, Garnkirk, Coatbridge, Wishaw, 

Overtown, Carluke.78 


Index .. . 79 










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THE 


ECONOMICAL TOURIST 

OF 

SCOTLAND. 



EDINBURGH. 

Before conducting the Tourist from Edinburgh, it may be useful to give 
a rapid enumeration of the objects which it contains principally deserving 
of his notice. The magnificent panoramic views commanded from the 
elevated points in and around the city, form perhaps its chief attraction ; 
but it likewise possesses various public edifices and institutions of interest 


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DESCRIPTION OF EDINBURGH. 


and importance, while the historical and literary associations connected 
with many of its localities, give it a claim to the consideration of intelli¬ 
gent strangers possessed by few cities in the kingdom. 

The most accessible points for commanding an extensive view of the 
city and neighbouring country, are the Calton Hill , the Castle Hill , and 
the Queen's Drive round Arthur’s Seat. From the Granton Road, at the 
foot of Inverleith Row, the architectural effect of the city is very strik¬ 
ingly displayed, and by ascending Nelson's Monument on the Calton Hill, 
the spectator enjoys an extensive prospect not only of the city, but of 
the Firth of Forth and the whole adjacent country. Walking round the 
Hill, the Monuments to Professors Dugald Stewart and Playfair are worthy 
of notice as models of architectural elegance, and the columns of the 
National Monument are fine specimens of Scottish masonry. The Monu¬ 
ment to David Hume , the historian, shaped like a circular tower, may he 
seen in the churchyard across the street, from the top of the stair leading 
to the Hill. On the summit of the Hill stands the Observatory , and on 
its southern slope the High School occupies a site worthy of its architec¬ 
tural beauty. Opposite the High School, close upon the road-side, stands 
Burns' Monument , from the site of which the spectator overlooks Holy- 
rood Palace and the smoky burgh of the Canongate. 

In the Castle may be seen the Scottish Regalia (admission every day 
from a quarter past 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., by order obtainable at the Council- 
Chambers), and the ancient piece of ordnance called Mons Meg. At the 
head of the Castle Hill stands Victoria Hall, the meeting-place of the 
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, with a noble spire 241 feet 
high. 

In coming down the High Street from the Castle, the Parliament 
House, (the seat of Scottish Judicature) the County Hall, the Advo¬ 
cates’ Library, and the Library of Writers to Her Majesty’s 
Signet, being contiguous, may all be visited in a short time. St. 
Giles’ Church (the ancient Cathedral) stands opposite the Libraries 
and Parliament House, and an equestrian statue of Charles II. graces 
the centre of the Square formed by these buildings. 

At the eastern extremity of the same line of street stands Holyrood 
House, the palace of the Scottish kings. The apartments of Queen 
Mary, and the secret stair by which the murderers of Rizzio surprised 
their victim, are pointed out to strangers visiting the Palace. The eastern 
window of the Chapel-Royal is one of the few remaining specimens of 
Gothic architecture Scotland affords. 

The University (upon which, with the Courts of Law, the city 
essentially depends for its prosperity) is a spacious quadrangular build¬ 
ing on the south side of the city. The columns in front are each formed 
of a single stone. The principal apartment of the Library, perhaps the 


DESCRIPTION OF EDINBURGH. 


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handsomest room in Edinburgh, contains the beautiful statue of Burns 
by Flaxman. It is open to strangers every day without an order; in 
summer from 10 to 1, and in winter from 9 to 4. The Museum contains 
a valuable collection of specimens in the various departments of Natural 
History. A little further south, on the opposite side of the street, 
stands the Surgeon’s Hall. The portico of this building is much 
admired for its classical beauty, and the Museum it contains is accessible 
to strangers. 

The Register House, in which are preserved the public records, 
stands at the end of the North Bridge. The Scott Monument, a struc¬ 
ture whose intrinsic beauty and prominent position, no less than the cele¬ 
brity of the man in honour of whom it is erected, render it an object of 
great attraction, is situated in the pleasure-grounds opposite the foot of 
St. David’s Street. The Royal Institution, for the encouragement of 
the Fine Arts, occupies a conspicuous position on the Earthen Mound, at 
the head of which stands the Free Church College, from a design by 
Playfair. The Antiquarian Museum, containing many articles of 
antiquity connected especially with Scotland, occupies a suite of rooms 
in the house No. 24 George Street, opposite the Edinburgh and Glas¬ 
gow Bank. Admission is granted on Tuesdays and Fridays, from 10 a.m. 
to 4 p.m., to persons having a member of the Society’s order. The fine 
building a little to the eastward, on the same side, is the Commercial 
Bank of Scotland. 

Edinburgh possesses several richly endowed Institutions for the 
education and maintenance of poor children. Among these, Heriot's 
Hospital , founded by George Heriot in the reign of Charles I., is conspi¬ 
cuous for its wealth. It supports 180 boys, and is open to the public 
every day, excepting Saturday, from 12 to 8, by a Governor’s order. 
Donaldson's Hospital , probably the finest building in Scotland, certainly 
the finest of modern date, stands on a piece of ground to the westward of 
the city, and has accommodation for about 300 children. George Watson's 
is for the benefit of the sons of decayed merchants; Gillespie's maintains 
a limited number of indigent old men and women; and John Watson's 
supports about 120 children of both sexes. Besides these, there are 
numerous other Hospitals in and around the city. 

For more minute information regarding the city and its neighbour¬ 
hood, the reader is referred to Black's Guide through Edinburgh. Of the 
objects in the vicinity, the most worthy of attention is Roslin Chapel, with 
the neighbouring scenery of Hawthornden. Dalkeith House, a seat of his 
Grace the Duke of Buccleuch; Hopetoun House, the mansion of the 
Earl of Hopetoun; Newbattle Abbey, belonging to the Marquess of 
Lothian; and Dalhousie Castle, the residence of the Earl of that name, 
are the noblemen’s seats most frequently visited by strangers. 


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LEITH—PORTOBELLO—ROSLIN. 


LEITH, 

the seaport town of Edinburgh, presents little to attract the attention of 
the tourist. Its foreign trade is considerable, and there are several large 
manufactories of glass in its immediate neighbourhood. Its magistracy 
is independent of Edinburgh, and it unites with Newhaven, Portobello, 
Musselburgh, and Fisherrow, in electing a Member of Parliament. 

PORTOBELLO 

is much resorted to in summer for bathing, for which its extensive and 
gently declining sands are admirably adapted. It is 3 miles from Edin¬ 
burgh, and can be reached by the Railway, at any time of the day, in 
five minutes. 

ROSLIN, 

the scenery of which has obtained the praise and admiration of all 
strangers, is situated about seven miles south of Edinburgh. In the 
summer months a coach leaves No. 195, High Street, at 11 o’clock, re¬ 
turning from Roslin in the afternoon, so as to afford visitors a sufficient 
time to inspect the Chapel and explore the beauties of the valley. Roslin 
Chapel, founded by William, Earl of Orkney and Caithness, in 1446, is 
remarkable for the diversity of style by which its architectural details are 
distinguished, blending the solidity of the Norman with the minute 
decorations of the latest example of the Tudor age. “ This building,” 
says Mr. Britton, “ may be pronounced unique.” Among the pictorial 
mouldings which form so interesting a feature in its ornamental details, 
the most worthy of notice are The Crucifixion, The Heavenly Host, The 
Works of Charity and Mercy, The Yices, The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, 
and St. Christopher bearing the Infant Saviour. A narrow path to the 
back of the Chapel conducts to the ruins of Roslin Castle, long the 
baronial residence of the Earls of Orkney and Caithness, the windows of 
which overlook the romantic valley of the Esk. Descending from the 
Castle to the bottom of the glen, we reach “ The Linn,” where, when 
the Esk is swollen, the water roars and boils among the rocks that oppose 
its impetuous progress. The bold ravine traversed by the North Esk 
is deep and singularly romantic; the rocks on each side are steep, perpen¬ 
dicular, and sometimes overhanging, and almost everywhere profusely 
adorned with copsewood and trees. A narrow footpath skirts the water’s 
edge from Roslin to Hawthomden, which latter place, however, is open 
to strangers only on Wednesdays. 



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I. BORDER TOUR. 

st. mary’s loch—Selkirk—Abbotsford—melrose—kelso— 

COLDSTREAM—BERWICK. 

Tourists who wish to survey the beauties of the Border, may proceed 
to Peebles, and then move along the course of the Tweed by Inner¬ 
leithen to Selkirk, &c.; or they may proceed to the upper extremity 
of the Yale of Yarrow. Tourists coming from Carlisle to Edinburgh by 
the Caledonian Railway, may make this tour on their way, by stopping 
at Beatock Station, and proceeding from thence to St. Mary’s Loch, and 
eastwards. 

At the head of the vale, and 14 to 18 miles distant from Selkirk, 
is St. Mary’s Loch, a beautiful sheet of water, 4 miles long, and from one 
to half a mile broad. A smaller lake, called the Loch o’^the Lowes, is 
united to its western extremity by a small stream, and the river Yarrow 
descends from the eastern end. At the eastern extremity of the lake, 
are the ruins of Dry hope Castle, once the residence of Mary Scott, “ the 
Flower of Yarrow.” The neighbouring tower of Blackhouse belonged 
to the Douglas family, and is said to have been the scene of the incident 
detailed in the ballad of “ The Douglas Tragedy.” The Ettrick Shep¬ 
herd lived for some time on the farm of Blackhouse; and Mountbenger, 
which he occupied for some years, and Altrive, where he breathed his 
last, are both in the neighbourhood. On the north side of the loch stands 
the ancient burying-ground of St. Mary’s Kirk, a scene singularly wild 
and lonely. The upper extremity of the Yale of Yarrow opens into the 
lonely vale of Moffat Water. Those who may feel inclined to penetrate 
farther into these recesses, will find the Grey Mare’s Tail, a lofty and 
precipitous cascade, and the wild scenery of Loch Skene, objects well 
worthy of notice. St. Mary’s Loch abounds in fish of various sorts, and 
is much resorted to in summer by anglers. 

A little to the west of Yarrow Kirk, a place called Deuchar Swire, was, 
early in the 17th century, the scene of an unfortunate duel between John 
Scott of Tushielaw, and his brother-in-law Walter Scott, third son of 
Robert Scott of Thirlstain, in which the latter was slain. To this inci¬ 
dent maybe traced the various poems of which Yarrow has been the subject. 
Farther down the stream is the little village of Yarrow Ford, near which 
formerly stood the strong and venerable Castle of Hangingshaw, once a 
possession of a famous outlaw named Murray (the ancestor of the Murrays 
of Philiphaugh), and of his descendants till a late generation. At a 
short distance from Yarrow Ford stands the handsome modern mansion- 
house of Broadmeadows (Boyd, Esq.), and about a mile below, are the 


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ruins of the famous Castle of Newark. The farm of Foulsliiels, on the 
opposite hank of the stream, was the birthplace of Mungo Park, the 
celebrated African traveller. The Ettrick and the Yarrow meet about 
two miles from Selkirk, in a beautiful piece of ground, called Carter- 
haugli; and on the woody slope which rises from it, stands Bowhill, a 
summer residence of the Duke of Buccleuch. The plain to the north of 
the meeting of the waters, called Philiphaugh, was the scene of the battle 
between the army of the Marquis of Montrose, and a body of horse com¬ 
manded by General David Leslie, September 13, 1645, in which the 
former was completely defeated. Upon an elevated piece of ground, on 
the right bank of the Ettrick, stands the county town and royal burgh 
of Selkirk. The town is neat, and the woods around Haining House 
(Pringle, Esq.) form a fine background. About two miles below Selkirk, 
the Ettrick joins the Tweed at Faldonside (Milne, Esq.) 










FLEURS CASTLE—ROXBURGHE CASTLE. 7 

A mile below, about half-way between Selkirk and Melrose, stands 
the famous mansion-house of Abbotsford , on the edge of a bank between 
the public road and the Tweed. All around it are the scenes com¬ 
memorated in Border history, tradition, and song. About three miles 
from Abbotsford, the village of Melrose is delightfully situated on the 
south bank of the Tweed, immediately under the shade of the Eildon 
Hills. 

Close to the village are the ruins of Melrose Abbey, which, from the 
exquisite beauty of the architecture, and its fine state of preservation, 
may be regarded as the most admired relic of antiquity in Scotland. 
The Abbey was founded in 1136 by David I. It was burnt by the 
English in the reign of Bruce, and again in 1385, and was rebuilt at 
a great expense. The Abbey and Church underwent another repair in 
the reign of James IV. The ground-plan is in the form of a rectangular 
cross. The nave, which lies due east and west, is in length 258 feet, 
and in breadth 79; the transepts are in length 130 feet, and in breadth 
44. The chief objects of attention are the magnificent east window, the 
window and doorway of the south transept, the ornamental work con¬ 
nected with the niches in the buttresses, and the highly decorated capitals 
of the pillars. Directly to the south of the village, rise the Eildon Hills; 
the summit of the highest eminence is 1300 feet above the level of the 
sea, and commands a view of a large portion of the south of Scotland. 
A great number of villas have of late years been erected in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of Melrose. 

Following the course of the Tweed, we come to the ruins of Dry- 
burgh Abbey, delightfully situated on the left bank of the river, founded 
in 1150 by David I. In Dryburgh Abbey Sir Walter Scott was in¬ 
terred, Sept. 26, 1832. Dryburgh House was the residence of the late 
eccentric Earl of Buchan. Near Dryburgh, on a finely wooded slope, 
is the ancient mansion of Bemerside, which has been in possession of the 
family of the Haigs since the reign of Malcolm IV. Nearly opposite 
Dryburgh Abbey, on the south bank of the river, is the village of St. 
Boswell’s, where a great cattle fair is held in July. Close to it is a larger 
village, named Lessudden, in which there are extensive gardens. Pur 
suing the course of the Tweed to the eastward for several miles, without 
the occurrence of any remarkable object, we reach Fleurs Castle, the seat 
of the Duke of Roxburghe, a large and imposing edifice, situated on the 
left bank of the Tweed, and commanding a fine view of the surrounding 
country. Nearly opposite, on a piece of lofty ground, between the rivers 
Tweed and Teviot, are the ruins of Roxburghe Castle, so celebrated in 
Scottish history. The few mouldering ruins which still remain, are em¬ 
bowered in trees, and almost obliterated by vegetation. 


8 


KELSO—COLDSTREAM—SWINTON. 


On the north bank of the Tweed, opposite to the point at which it is 
joined by the Teviot, stands the handsome town of 

KELSO. 

The most attractive object in Kelso is its ruinous Abbey, a tall 
elegant structure in the form of a Greek cross. 

The environs of Kelso abound in beautiful scenery. Seen from the 
heights of Stitchel, three miles to the north, the whole parish appears to 
be part of an extensive strath, intersected by two rivers, and richly 
adorned with woods. 

The prospect from the bridge, a little below the confluence of the two 
rivers, is also one of great beauty, and comprehends views of the town 
and Abbey, Ednam House. Fleurs Castle, the ruins of Roxburglie Castle, 
and the Eildon Hills. 

At a short distance is the village of Ednam, the birthplace of the poet 
Thomson. A plain obelisk to the memory of the author of The Seasons, is 
erected on a hill within the parish. A few miles to the north, the eye is 
attracted by the battlements of Hume Castle, situated on a considerable 
eminence in the centre of a great plain. The view from the battlements 
ranges from the Cheviots to the Lammermuirs, and from Teviotdale to 
Berwick. Hume Castle was long the seat of the once powerful family of 
Home. It has undergone several sieges, and was taken by the Duke of 
Somerset in 1547, and again by Cromwell in 1651. 

Nine miles from Kelso, the thriving town of Coldstream occupies a 
level situation on the north bank of the Tweed, crossed here by a hand¬ 
some bridge. In the immediate neighbourhood of Coldstream is the 
Hirsel, the seat of the Earl of Home; the park contains some fine pre¬ 
serves. On the bank of the Tweed, to the west of the town, is Lees, the 
beautiful seat of Marjoribanks, Bart. South of the Tweed, and a little to 
the west, are the ruins of Wark Castle, celebrated in Border history. 
About a mile and a half to the east of Coldstream, are the ruins of the 
Church of Lennel. Following the course of the river, we come to Till- 
mouth, where the Till, a deep and sullen stream, flows into the Tweed; 
on its banks stands Twizel Castle (Blake, Bart.) A little to the north¬ 
east is the village of Swinton. The estate of Swinton is remarkable as 
having been, with only two very brief interruptions, the property of one 
family since the days of the Anglo-Saxon monarchy. Three miles east¬ 
ward, and nine miles from Berwick, is Ladykirk. The church of this 
parish is an ancient Gothic building, said to have been erected by James 
IY. in fulfilment of a vow made to the Virgin, for aiding his escape in 
crossing the Tweed by a dangerous ford in the neighbourhood. By this 
ford the English and Scottish armies made their mutual invasions before 


NORHAM—PAXTON—BERWICK. 


9 


the Bridge of Berwick was erected. The adjacent field, called Holywell 
Ilaugh, was the place where Edward I. met the Scottish nobility to settle 
the dispute between Bruce and Baliol, relative to the crown of Scotland. 
On the opposite bank of the Tweed, stands the celebrated Castle of 



Norham. The description of this ancient fortress in the poem of Mar- 
mion is too well known to require to be quoted here. About four miles 
from Berwick, is Paxton House, (Forman Home, Esq.) In the imme¬ 
diate neighbourhood, the Tweed is crossed by the Union Wire Suspen¬ 
sion Bridge, one of the finest structures of the kind in this part of the 
island. Its length is 437 feet, its width 18, and the height of its piers 
above low water-mark 69 feet. Near Paxton, the Tweed is joined by 
the Whittader, the principal river which flows through Berwickshire; on 
its banks, a few miles to the north-west, is Ninewells, the paternal seat 
of David Hume. After passing Halidon Hill, the scene of a battle in 
1333, between the English and the Scotch, in which the latter were 
defeated, we enter Berwick. 







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II. THE TROSACHS. 

EDINBURGH—STIRLING—CALLANDER—THE TROSACHS—LOCH KATRINE 
LOCH LOMOND—DUMBARTON—GLASGOW. 

The tour from Edinburgh to Stirling may be made either by railway or 
steamer. If the former be preferred, the tourist proceeds to Kirkintilloch 
by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and from that to Stirling by 
the Scottish Central. For a condensed summary of information regard - 










STIRLING. 


11 


ing the places on either side of these lines, the reader is referred to the 
descriptive charts at the end of the volume. 



STIRLING 

is delightfully situated on an eminence near the river Forth, and bears in 
its external appearance a considerable resemblance to Edinburgh, though 
on a smaller scale. The most interesting and conspicuous object in Stir¬ 
ling is the Castle, long the favourite abode of the Scottish monarchs. It 
was the birthplace of James II. and James Y.; and James YI. and his 
eldest son Prince Henry were baptised in it. The palace, which was 
built by James V., is in the form of a quadrangle, and occupies the south¬ 
east part of the fortress. The buildings on the south side of the square 
are the oldest part of the Castle. One of the apartments is still called 
Douglas’s Room, in consequence of the assassination of William Earl of 
Douglas by the hand of James II., after he had granted him a safe-con¬ 
duct. To the north of the Castle is a small mount on which, and within 
sight of their Castle of Doune and other extensive possessions, Murdoch 
Duke of Albany, Duncan Earl of Lennox, his father-in-law, and his two 
sons, Walter and Alexander Stuart, were beheaded in 1424. On the 
south side of the Castle Hill is a piece of ground called the Yalley. A rock 


12 


BANNOCKBURN—DOUNE. 


called the Ladies’ Rock, marks the spot where tournaments used to be 
held. The view from the Castle Hill comprises to the north and east the 
Oehil hills, and the windings of the Forth through the Carse of Stirling, 
with its fertile fields, luxuriant woods, and stately mansions; towards the 
Avest the vale of Menteith, bounded by the Highland mountains; and the 
Campsie hills close the horizon to the south. To the east are the tOAATi, 
the Abbey Craig, and the ruins of Cambuskenneth Abbey, and in a clear 
day the Castle of Edinburgh and Arthur’s Seat are seen. Stirling Castle 
is one of the four fortresses of Scotland which, by the articles of the 
Union, are always to be kept in repair; it is now used as a barrack. 
South-west of the Castle lies the King’s Park, and to the east of it are 
the King’s Gardens, which, though now unenclosed, and reduced to the 
condition of a marshy pasture, still retain the fantastic forms into which 
they had been thrown by the gardeners of ancient times. The Grey- 
friars or Franciscan church of Stirling, a handsome Gothic building, was 
erected in 1494 by James IV., and some additions were made to it by 
Cardinal Beaton. In this church the Earl of Arran, regent of the king¬ 
dom, abjured Romanism in 1543; it was also the scene of the coronation 
of James VI., on the 29th July 1597, Avhen John Knox preached the 
coronation sermon. Ebenezer Erskine, founder of the Secession Church, 
was one of the ministers of the West Church. To the north of the church 
stand the ruins of Mar’s Work, built out of the ruins of Cambuskenneth 
Abbey. In the immediate neighbourhood is a piece of architecture called 
Argyle’s Lodging, built in the old Scottish style by Sir William Alex¬ 
ander, the first Earl of Stirling, Avhose arms are elaborately sculptured 
above the door. 

About a mile from Stirling, betAveen Bannockburn and St. Ninian’s, 
is the scene of the famous battle of Bannockburn, fought 24tli June 1314, 
between the English army of 100,000 men, under Edward II., and the 
Scottish army of 30,000, commanded by Robert Bruce, in which the 
former Avere signally defeated, Avith the loss of 30,000 men, and 700 barons 
and knights. The stone in which the royal standard was pitched is still 
shewn on the top of a small eminence called Brocks Brae, to the south- 
Avest of St. Ninians. 

At a A’ery early period there was a Avooden bridge OA r er the Forth, 
about half a mile aboA T e the present structure, Avhere Sir William Wallace 
(on the 13th September 1297) defeated an English army of 50,000 foot 
and 1000 horse, commanded by Cressingham. 

STIRLING TO CALLANDER. 

There are tAvo roads which lead from Stirling to Doune, the first stage 
on the way to Loch Katrine; one crosses the Forth by Stirling Bridge 
and proceeds along the east bank of the Teitli, passing in succession the 


CALLANDER—FALLS OF BRACKLIN. 


13 


beautiful village of Bridge of Allan, and the neat parish church of Lecropt, 
built in the Gothic style; the other, proceeding up the valley of the 
Forth, passes the House of Craigforth (Callander, Esq.), and, two miles 
from Stirling, crosses the river at the Bridge of Drip. At the distance 
of about four miles from Stirling, the road passes Ochtertvre (Dundas, 
Esq.), once the residence of John Ramsay, the friend of Blacklock, of 
Burns, and of Scott; a mile and a half farther on, the road passes the 
mansion of Blair Drummond (Home Drummond, Esq.), embosomed in 
woods and plantations. About 60 or 70 years ago the late Lord Karnes 
became proprietor of this estate, and commenced that series of operations 
by which what was once a bleak marsh has been turned into rich corn 
fields. Eight miles from Stirling, the road crosses the Teith, and enters 
the village of Doune. Just before crossing the bridge, and on the left 
hand, are Deanston Works, one of the most extensive cotton factories in 
Scotland. The Castle of Doune, said to have been built about the 14th 
century, overhangs the point of a steep and narrow green bank washed 
on one side by the Teith. It was held for Prince Charles during the 
Rebellion of 1745, and here he detained some prisoners, among the rest 
the author of the tragedy of Douglas. The village of Doune was, in 
former times, celebrated for the manufacture of Highland pistols. About 
a mile to the north-west the Earl of Moray has a mansion named Doune 
Lodge, formerly designated Cambus-Wallace. At the distance of three 
miles from Doune, on the opposite side of the river, is Lanrick Castle, the 
seat of Sir Evan Murray Macgregor, and some miles farther on, Cambus- 
More (A. Buchannan, Esq.), where Sir Walter Scott, in his juvenile days, 
spent some months for several summers. 

The village of Callander, 16 miles from Stirling, is situated at the foot 
of the chain of mountains which form the Highland boundary. It is a 
neat and regular modern village, with a good inn. The magnificent 
mountain, Benledi, 3000 feet in height, closes the prospect towards the 
west, and forms the most striking feature of the scenery in this neigh¬ 
bourhood. To the westward two little rivers, issuing respectively from 
Loch Lubnaig and Loch Yenachar, unite and form the Teith. At the 
east end of the village there is a neat villa, the property of Lady Wil¬ 
loughby D’Eresby. The falls of Bracklin, about a mile north of the vil¬ 
lage, form one of the most attractive objects in the neighbourhood ; they 
consist of a series of short falls, shelving rapids, and dark linns, formed 
by the Keltie burn in its progress through a low rocky chasm. 

At Callander a road, much frequented by tourists, leads in a northerly 
direction to Lochearnhead (14 miles) by the Pass of Leny, Loch Lub¬ 
naig, and Balquidder. In the churchyard of Balquidder, Rob Roy was 
interred beneath a stone marked only with the figure of a sword. 


14 


TROSACHS—LOCH KATRINE. 


CALLANDER TO THE TROSACHS. 

There are two roads which lead from Callander to the Trosachs ; the 
north road is the most picturesque. From Callander to Coilantogle Ford, 
at the lower point of Loch Venachar (the scene assumed by Scott for the 
combat of Fitz-James and Roderick Dhu), is about miles. Loch Vena- 
char is 4, and Loch Achray is 1J miles long. The space between these 
lakes is half a mile ; and from the western extremity of the latter to 
Loch Katrine, one mile, making the whole distance from 9 to 10 miles. 
Lanrick Mead, the mustering-place of Clan Alpine, lies on the north side 
of Loch Venachar, where the road diverges from the lake. Near the east 
end of Loch Achray the road crosses, by the Bridge of Turk, a stream 
which issues from the vale of Glenfinlas, a desolate tract of 10 miles in 
extent. 

Soon after passing Loch Achray the traveller approaches the Trosachs 
(etymologically, bristled territory), situated between the inn of Ardchean- 
ochrochan and Loch Katrine. The road which traverses them is rather 
more than a mile in length. The opening into the pass is flanked on the 
left by Benvenue, 2800 feet high, and on the right by Ben-an. In the 
defile of Beal-an-Duine (where Fitz-James lost his “ gallant grey”), we 
are in the heart of the great gorge. Then appears a narrow inlet, and a 
moment afterwards, Loch Katrine itself bursts upon our view, the Alps 
of Arroquhar towering in the distance. Loch Katrine is of a serpentine 
form, encircled by lofty mountains, and is 10 miles in length, attaining 
in some places a breadth of two miles. The scenery which fringes its 
eastern extremity is precisely of the same wild character with- the Trosachs. 
At the eastern extremity of the lake there is an island exactly similar to 
that described in the poem as the residence of Douglas. A cottage was 
erected upon it by Lady Willoughby D’Eresby, which, a few years 
ago, was accidentally burnt down. Cor-nan-Uriskin, “ the Den of the 
Goblins,” is marked by a deep vertical gash in the face of one of the 
extensive ramifications of Benvenue, overhanging the lake. Above the 
top of the eastern hollow, is the pass of Bealachnambo, by which, in the 
days of blackmail and rievers, cattle were driven across the shoulder of 
the hill. During the summer and autumn, a steamboat plies every day 
from the east to the west end of Loch Katrine. From the west end of the 
lake a rugged path through a wild valley, about five miles long, affords a 
communication with Loch Lomond at Inversnaid Mill, where the steam¬ 
boat takes in the tourists from Loch Katrine. In one of the smoky huts 
in the valley, between the two lochs, may be seen a long Spanish musket, 
said to have belonged to Rob Roy. Beside the way, are the ruins of 
Inversnaid Fort, erected in 1713, to check the M‘Gregors. It is said that 
General Wolfe once resided in it. At Inversnaid Mill, there is a little 


LOCK LOMOND. 


15 


rivulet and a cataract, the scene of Wordsworth’s poem to the “ Highland 
Girl.” 

Loch Lomond (“ the lake full of islands ”) is unquestionably the pride 
of Scottish lakes. Its length is about 23 miles, its breadth, where greatest, 
at the southern extremity, is five miles, from which it gradually dimi¬ 
nishes till it terminates in a narrow prolonged stripe of water. The depth 
varies considerably; south of Luss it is rarely more than 20 fathoms, in 
the northern part it ranges from 60 to 100 fathoms, and in the places 
where deepest, never freezes. The total superficies of the lake is about 
20,000 acres. About two-thirds of the loch, and most of the islands, are 
in the county of Dumbarton; the rest, with the right bank, are in the 
county of Stirling. After taking on board the tourists from Loch 
Katrine, the steamboat visits the upper part of the lake, which is there 
narrowed and hemmed in by the neighbouring mountains. At the 
northern extremity of the lake, is a wide elevated valley called Glen- 
falloch. Sailing southward, Tarbet Inn is passed on the right. Farther 
south, at a projecting headland, is the ferry of Inveruglas to Rowardennan 
Inn, the usual starting-point for those who desire to ascend to the top of 
Ben Lomond. This mountain is 3210 feet above the level of the lake, 
which is 32 feet above the level of the sea. The distance from the inn to 
the top of the mountain is six miles of continued ascent. The view from 
the summit is varied and most extensive, comprehending the counties of 
Lanark, Renfrew, and Ayr, the Firth of Clyde, and the islands of Arran 
and Bute to the south, and the counties of Stirling and the Lothians, 
with the windings of the Forth, and the Castles of Stirling and Edin¬ 
burgh, to the east. About 3J miles from Inveruglas, is Luss, a delightful 
little village, on a promontory jutting into the lake. One of the finest 
points for enjoying the scenery of Loch Lomond and the environs of Luss, 
is Stonehill, to the north of the village. From Luss southward, the 
breadth of the lake expands rapidly, and the surface of the water is 
studded with islands of many sizes and various aspects. The islands of 
Loch Lomond are about thirty in number, and ten of these are of con¬ 
siderable size. After leaving Luss, the boat passes in succession, Inch- 
Cruin, or the Roupd Island (formerly used as a retreat for lunatics); Inch 
Moan, or the Peat Island, and Inch Fadn, and on the right Inch Tavanagh 
(to the south of which the ruins of Galbraith Castle start up from the 
water), Inch Lonaig (used as a deer-park by the family of Luss), Inch 
Carachan, Buck Inch, and Inch Cardach. On the promontory of Ross- 
dow is situated the mansion of Sir James Colquhoun of Luss. The 
steamer now skirts Inch Cailliach, the Island of Women, so called from 
its having been the site of a nunnery. Inch Cailliach formerly gave name 
to the parish of Buchanan. The church belonging to the nunnery was 
long used as the place of worship for the parish of Buchanan, but scarcely 


16 


LAKE OF MENTEITH, ETC. 


any vestiges of it now remain; the burial-ground, which contains the 
family places of sepulture of several neighbouring clans, still continues 
to be used; the monuments of the Lairds of Macgregor, and of other 
families claiming a descent from the old Scottish King Alpine, are most 
remarkable. 

“ The shafts and limbs were rods of yew, 

Whose parents, in Inch Cailliach, wave 
Their shadows o’er Clan-Alpine’s grave, 

And, answering Lomond’s breezes deep, 

Soothe many a chieftain’s endless sleep.” 

Lady of the Lake, c. in., and notes. 

At the north-east corner of Inch Cailliach, passengers may be landed at 
Beal’maha, a celebrated Highland pass at the north-east corner of it.. 
(See Lady of the Lake, Canto iv. St. 4.) Here some tourists choose to 
land and pursue their journey through the pass, and along the banks of 
the loch to Rowardennan. The steamboat next approaches the little 
island of Clar Inch, from which the Buchanans took their slogan or war- 
cry. The last island is a long narrow one, named Inch Murrin, the largest 
island in Loch Lomond. It is finely clothed with wood, and is employed 
as a deer-park by the Duke of Montrose. At its southern extremity 
there is an old ruined fortalice, called Lennox Castle, formerly a residence 
of the Earls of Lennox. The steamboat now returns to Balloch, where a 
coach is waiting to convey the passengers to Dumbarton or Glasgow the 
same evening. 

LAKE OF MENTEITH—ABERFOYLE—LOCH CHON—LOCII ARD. 

The district of Menteith, only afew r miles to the south of the Trosachs, 
comprehends a range of scenery little inferior in beauty. It contains the 
Lake of Menteith, Aberfoyle, Loch Ard, and Loch Chon, and is ap¬ 
proached from Stirling by Oclitertyre, Kincardine, and Ruskie. The 
Lake of Menteith is a beautiful circular sheet of wafer, about five miles 
in circumference, and adorned with ancient -woods. There are two small 
islands in the centre, called Inchmacome and Talla. The former, which 
is the larger and more easterly island, consists of about five acres, and 
contains the ruins of a Priory, founded by Edgar, King of Scotland, 
where Queen Mary resided during the invasion of the English in 1547, 
before she was removed to France. The smaller island contains the 
remains of the Castle of the Grahams, Earls of Menteith, a race long 
extinct. They had their garden on the isle of the Priory, and their plea¬ 
sure grounds on the neighbouring shore. Gartmore House (Graham, 
Esq.), lies to the west, and Rednock House, the seat of General Graham 
Stirling, to the east of the lake. Callander is distant seven miles. Pro¬ 
ceeding westward, at the distance of four miles, the traveller reaches 



LOCH ARD. 


17 


Aberfoyle, the scene of so many of the incidents in the novel of Rob Roy. 
At the Clachan of Aberfoyle is the junction of the Duchrav and Forth, 
here called Avondhu, or the Black River. Under the rocky precipice on 
the north, lies the Pass of Aberfoyle, the scene of the defeat of a party of 
Cromwell’s troops by Graham of Duchray. Loch Ard is a small lake, or 
rather two lakes connected by a stream, beautifully situated amid a fer¬ 
tile valley. In the upper loch is a rocky islet, on which are the moulder 
ing ruins of a stronghold of Murdoch’s, Duke of Albany. A footpath 
strikes off towards Ben Lomond, by which the tourist may cross the hill 
and reach Rowardennan, on the banks of Loch Lomond; or he may pro¬ 
ceed from Aberfoyle Inn, by Gartmore and Drymen to Dumbarton, a 
distance of 22 miles. Loch Chon is a secluded sheet of water, three miles 
in length. The scenery around these lakes is eminently beautiful; but 
it is customary for travellers, after visiting only the first of the two, to 
cross over the hill from Aberfoyle to the Trosachs, a distance of about 
five miles. A delightful view of the upper loch is obtained from a rising 
ground near its lower extremity. Looking westward, Ben Lomond is 
seen in the background ; on the right is the lofty mountain of Benoghrie; 
in the foreground is Loch Ard itself, three miles in length and one and 
one-eighth miles in breadth. The traveller passes along the verge of the 
lake, under a ledge of rock from thirty to fifty feet high. If a person 
standing immediately under this rock, towards its western extremity, 
pronounces with a firm voice a line of ten syllables, it is returned first 
from the opposite side of the lake, and then with equal distinctness from 
the wood on the east. But the day must be perfectly calm, and the lake 
as smooth as glass. Near the head of the lake, on the northern side, 
behind the house of Ledeard, is the romantic waterfall, thus described in 
Waverley, vol. i., p. 234:—“ It was not so remarkable either for great 
height or quantity of water, as for the beautiful accompaniments which 
made the spot interesting. After a broken cataract of aboiit twenty feet, 
the stream was received in a large natural basin, filled to the brim with 
water, which, where the bubbles of the fall subsided, was so exquisitely 
clear, that although it was of great depth, the eye could discern each 
pebble at the bottom. Eddying round this reservoir, the brook found its 
way as if over a broken part of the ledge, and formed a second fall, which 
seemed to seek the veiy abyss; then, wheeling out beneath from among 
the smooth dark rocks, which it had polished for ages, it wandered mur¬ 
muring down the glen, forming the stream up which Waverley had just 
ascended.” 


18 


PERTH—DUNKELD. 


III. 

EDINBURGH—PERTH—DUNKELD—BLAIR ATHOLL—KENMORE—KILLIN 
LOCHEARNHEAD—CRIEFF. 

The shortest and easiest way of reaching Perth from Edinburgh is by 
the Edinburgh and Northern Railway. Charts of the route both by rail¬ 
way and road will be found in the Itinerary at the end of this volume. 

Perth is one of the most ancient and beautifully situated towns in 
Scotland. It stands on the banks of the River Tay, in the centre of a 
spacious plain, having two beautiful pieces of public ground called the 
North and South Inches, extending on each side of it. Perth is more 
particularly described in the Itinerary. 

Two and a half miles from Perth is Scone Palace, the seat of the Earl 
of Mansfield, occupying the site of the ancient palace of the kings of Scot¬ 
land, where the coronations were celebrated. Charles II. was crowned 
in the old edifice in 1651, and the Chevalier de St. George in 1715. The 
famous stone on which the Scottish monarchs were crowned was brought 
from Dunstaffnage to this Abbey. It Avas removed by Edward I. to 
Westminster Abbey, where it still remains, forming part of the corona¬ 
tion chair of the British monarchs. The old market-cross of Scone still 
remains, surrounded by the pleasure-grounds which have been substituted 
in the place of the ancient village. The field of Luncarty, on the west 
bank of the Tay, about four miles from Perth, was the scene of a decisive 
battle between the Scots and Danes in the reign of Kenneth III. Farther 
on, a road to the right conducts to the Linn of Campsie (a cascade formed 
by the Tay), and the village of Stanley. The tourist next passes, on the 
left, the ruins of a residence of the family of Nairn, and the Mill of Loak, 
and nine miles from Perth enters the village of Auchtergaven. Three 
miles farther is Murthly Castle (Sir William Drummond Stewart), an 
unfinished edifice, and a short way north of it the old castle of Murthly. 
In the immediate neighbourhood is Birnam Hill, 1580 feet above the level 
of the sea, and Birnam Wood, so famous for its connection with the fate 
of Macbeth. The ancient forest has now disappeared, and been replaced 
by a few trees of modern growth. The summit of the hill commands a 
prospect of the vale of the Tay, and of the extensive woods which en¬ 
viron Dunkeld. The traveller now passes the village of little Dunkeld, 
crosses the river, and enters 

DUNKELD. 

The village contains two excellent inns, “ The Duke of Atholl’s 
Arms,” and “ The Royal Hotel,” at either of which the tourist is pro¬ 
vided with the best accommodation. The noble bridge over the Tay, 


DUNKELD. 


19 


the cathedral seen above it, and relieved by dark woods, and the town of 
Dunkeld, with its grey houses, form altogether a most attractive land¬ 
scape. The Duke of Atholl’s grounds present a succession of walks and 
rides in every style of beauty. The extent of the walks is fifty miles, 
and of the rides thirty. The most interesting object in the town of Dun¬ 
keld is the ancient and venerable cathedral. In the vestry there is a 
statue in armour of the notorious Wolf of Badenoch , who burned the 
cathedral of Elgin. Immediately behind the cathedral stands the ancient 
mansion of the Dukes of Atholl. The tourist returns from the grounds to 
Dunkeld by the village of Inver, in which the small thatched house long 
occupied by Neil Gow, the celebrated musician, may be seen. An old 
wooden press, said to have belonged to him, fonns part of the furniture 
of the present tenant. Dunkeld, it will be remembered, was among the 
places visited by her Majesty in 1842; the royal tent stood on the lawn 
to the east of the cathedral. 

From the base of Craigvinean a path leads, over a long projecting 
wooded eminence, to Ossian’s Hall, situated beside a cataract formed by 
a fall of the Braan. This is generally esteemed the greatest curiosity of 
Dunkeld. It is seen from a hermitage or summer-house, constructed in 
such a manner that the cascade is entirely concealed by its walls, until 
the pannel of a picture of Ossian is suddenly drawn aside by the guide, 
when the cataract is discovered foaming over its rocky barriers, and 
roaring with a voice of thunder. About a mile higher up the Braan is 
the Rumbling Bridge, thrown across a narrow chasm, eighty feet above 
the waterway, into which the Braan pours itself with great fury. 

DUNKELD TO BLAIRGOWRIE. 

From Dunkeld the tourist may go off to the east by Cluny to Blair¬ 
gowrie, distant twelve miles—a route which comprises some beautiful 
scenery. The road winds along the foot of the Grampians, and passes in 
succession the Loch o’ the Lowes, Butterstone Loch, the Loch of Cluny, with 
the ancient Castle of Cluny, a seat of the Earl of Airlie, on a small island 
near the southern shore, Fometh (Binny, Esq.), the Loch of Marlie, Kin- 
loch (Mrs. Edwards), Baleid (Campbell, Esq.), the House of Marlie (Farqu- 
harson, Esq.), and the church and inn of Marlie or Kinloch, much re¬ 
sorted to by parties from Perth and Dunkeld; and two miles farther, 
Blairgowrie, situated on the west bank of the Ericht. Near Blairgowrie 
is Craighall (Robert Clerk Rattray, Esq.), built on the top of a perpen¬ 
dicular rock of great height on the banks of the Ericht. 

DUNKELD TO KENMORE BY BLAIR ATHOLL. 

The tourist who wishes to survey the beautiful scenery of Kenmore 
and Killin, may either proceed to Blair Atholl, and thence to Kenmore 


20 


KENMORE. 


(distant by the common road twenty-eight miles, or over the hills twenty 
miles), or he may adopt the route by Logierait and Aberfeldy. If he 
prefers the former, shortly after leaving Blair Atlioll he reaches a chasm 
in the hill on the right hand, through which the little river Bruar falls in 
a series of beautiful cascades, the lowest of which forms an unbroken de¬ 
scent of 100 feet. From these falls the tourist may either proceed by the 
common road, or over the hill on the south side of the vale, to Tummel 
Bridge and Inn. From the Bridge of Tummel there is a road through a 
gloomy and mountainous country to Loch Kannoch. This lake is about 
ten or eleven miles in length, and two and a half in breadth, and is sur¬ 
rounded by lofty mountains covered with forests. In the neighbourhood 
is the steep mountain Sc-hehallion, 3550 feet high, which afforded shelter 
to Robert Bruce after the battle of Methven. Leaving the Bridge of 
Tummel, an Alpine road of seven or eight miles in length leads to Stratli- 
Tay. The ruins of a high square keep, called Garth Castle, occupy a 
narrow rocky promontory at the confluence of two rivulets. The stream 
runs through a richly wooded dell, so deep that the roaring of the waters 
can scarcely be heard. The tourist now descends along the edge of a 
wooded dell to Coshieville Inn, and crossing the Lyon by a boat, he soon 
comes in sight of the lovely village of Kenmore. 

DUNKELD TO KENMORE BY ABERFELDY. 

If, however, as is usually the case, the tourist should prefer the route 
by Logierait and Aberfeldy, on leaving Dunkeld he crosses the Tay by a 
bridge of seven arches, and proceeds to the village of Inver, where a road 
strikes off on the left to Amulree. Three miles beyond this the road 
enters the village of Dalmarnock, then the village of Ballalachan, and a 
mile and a half beyond passes Dalguise (Stewart, Esq.) on the left. The 
road now skirts a wide cultivated valley, through which flow the com¬ 
bined waters of the Tay and Tummel. Six and a half miles from Dunkeld 
we pass Kinnaird House (Duke of Atlioll), and one mile further the village 
of Balmacneil. Opposite this spot the Tummel falls into the Tay. 

On a tongue of land, formed by the confluence of these rivers, stands 
the village of Logierait (eight and a half miles from Dunkeld). One mile 
from Balmacneil is Port Village, and one mile further Balnaguard Inn, 
the opening scene of Mrs. Brunton’s novel, entitled “ Self Control.” On 
the right is Eastertyre (Mrs. M‘Glashan). Across the Tay is Ballecliin 
(Captain R. Scott), which appears to have been the scene of the slaughter 
of Sir James the Rose, in the original ballad of that name. About half 
a mile beyond is Grandtully Arms Inn ; a mile further is Eastmill, and 
opposite, across the Tay, Fyndynet. After passing some Highland vil¬ 
lages, the venerable Castle of Grandtully (Sir Wm. D. Stewart, Bart.) 
appears on the left, surrounded by rows of stately elms. It is an old 


TAYMOUTH CASTLE. 


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structure, but kept in a habitable condition, and is said by Sir Walter 
Scott to bear a great resemblance to the mansion of Tullyveolan in 
Waverley. 

Three miles from Grandtully is the village of Aberfeldy, near which 
are the beautiful falls of Moness. The falls are three in number ; the 
lowest is a mile from the village, the uppermost a mile and a half. The 
highest cascade is a perpendicular fall of about fifty feet. Here the tra¬ 
veller may cross the dell by means of a rustic bridge, and return to the 
inn by a varied route. Opposite Aberfeldy the Tay is crossed by one of 
General Wade’s bridges. About a mile in advance, on the north side, at 
the foot of a lofty range of rocky hills, stands Castle Menzies ( pron. 
Meengis ), Sir Neil Menzies. Weem Castle, the former seat of the family, 
was burned by Montrose. About a mile farther is Balfrax (Marquess of 
Breadalbane), and about a mile beyond the Lyon water joins the Tay. 

Six miles from Aberfeldy the tourist reaches the beautiful little village 
of Kenmore, situated at the north-east extremity of Loch Tay. It con¬ 
sists of an inn, with good accommodation, and fifteen or sixteen houses, 
neatly whitewashed, some of them embowered in ivy, honeysuckle, and 
sweetbriar. The most remarkable object in the vicinity of Kenmore is 

TAYMOUTH CASTLE, 

the princely mansion of the Marquess of Breadalbane, with its much 
admired environs. The pleasure-grounds are laid out with great taste, 
and possess a striking combination of beauty and grandeur. The view 
from the hill in front of the castle is reckoned one of the finest in 
Scotland. Taymouth Castle was first built by Sir Colin Campbell, sixth 
knight of Lochaw, in the year 1580. It was then, and until lately, 
called Balloch, from the Gaelic bealcich , a word signifying the outlet of 
a lake or glen. The possessions of the family reach from Aberfeldy, four 
miles eastward, to the Atlantic Ocean, a space upwards of one hundred 
miles. The reception of the Queen at Taymouth, on the occasion of her 
visit in 1842, was considered by Her Majesty to be the finest thing she 
had seen in Scotland. 

Leaving Kenmore and Taymouth, the tourist proceeds along the 
shores of the Loch to Killin, sixteen miles distant, at the opposite extre¬ 
mity. Both shores abound in beautiful scenery, but the southern is 
preferable, on account of the view it commands of the gigantic Ben 
Lawers. This road is rather longer, and considerably more hilly than 
that along the northern shore, but it is quite passable for a carriage. 
Two miles from Kenmore, on the south side of the lake, is the fine 
waterfall of Acham, half a mile off the road. The cascade appears 
to be about eighty or ninety feet high, and a neat hermitage has been 


22 


KILLIN—LOCHEARN-HEAD. 


formed, from which it may be viewed. Midway between Kenmore and 
Killin, upon the north side of the lake, is the village of Lawers, contain¬ 
ing a church and an inn. The road continues to lead along the foot of 
Ben Lawers, affording a fine prospect of the scenery at the head of the 
loch. 

Eight miles from Lawers is the straggling little village of Killin, 
beautifully seated on the banks of the Dochart, near its junction with 
the Lochy. The inn affords every accommodation for travellers. 
Fingal’s grave, in a field immediately to the north of the village, is 
indicated by a stone about two feet in height. Killin is deservedly, 
admired for the varied beauty of its landscapes. The vale of the Dochart 
is stem and wild, but that of the Lochy is peculiarly beautiful. At the 
village, the Dochart rushes over a strange expanse of rock, and encircles 
two islands, one of which, covered with magnificent pines, is the tomb 
of the Macnabs. From the upper end of the lower island there are 
three bridges across the stream. On the north side of Loch Tay, and 
about a mile and a half from the village of Killin, stand the picturesque 
rums of Finlarig Castle, an ancient seat of the Breadalbane family. 

On leaving Killin, the tourist proceeds up Glen Dochart, passing, on 
the right, the mansion house of Achlyne, a seat of the Marquess of 
Breadalbane. A little beyond, at a place called Leeks, a road strikes off 
to Crianlarich Inn, from which the tourist may either go by Tyndrum 
and Dalmally to Inverary, or he may descend Glenfalloch till he reach the 
head of Loch Lomond. The traveller now enters Glen-Ogle, a gloomy 
defile, hemmed in by the rocky sides of the mountains. Among these 
wild cliffs the eagle has built her nest for many years. 

At the distance of eight miles from Killin, is the little village of Loch- 
eam-Head, with a good inn. Loch Earn is about seven miles in length, 
and about one mile in breadth. From Lochearn-Head the tourist may 
take the road by Loch Lubnaig to Callander, and proceed from thence to 
the Trosachs, as already described, or he may continue his route along 
the banks of Loch Earn to Crieff, and from thence return to Edinburgh 
by Stirling or Perth. 

LOCIIEARN-IIEAD TO CRIEFF. 

There is a road on each side of the lake; the southern is to be pre¬ 
ferred. About a mile and a half from the inn, we come to Edinample, an 
ancient castellated mansion of the Marquess of Breadalbane. A beautiful 
waterfall, formed by the Ample, a mountain stream, may be seen here 
immediately below the road. The tourist now passes through continuous 
woods of oak, larch, ash, and birch. The view to the south is closed up 
by the huge Ben Yoirlich (i. e. the Great Mountain of the Lake), which 
rises to the height of 3300 feet. About midway between Lochearn-Head 


COMRIE—CRIEFF. 


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and tlie east end of the lake is Ardvoirlich (Robert Stewart, Esq.), the Dar- 
lmvaroch of the Legend of Montrose. At the foot of Loch Earn, there is a 
small artificial islet covered with wood, which was at one time the retreat 
of a bandit sect of the name of Neish. 

At the east end of Loch Earn stands the neat little village of St. 
Fillan’s. The valley of Strathearn, which extends from this place nearly 
to Perth, contains many fine villas and wooded parks, and is celebrated 
for its beauty and fertility. Leaving St. Fillan’s, the road winds along 
the banks of the Earn, through groves of lofty trees, presenting here and 
there broken glimpses of the ridges of the neighbouring mountains. About 
two miles and a half from Loch Earn, we pass the mansion of Duneira, 
the favourite seat of the late Lord Melville, now the property of Sir David 
Dundas, Bart. A little farther on, Dalchonzie, (Skene, Esq.), and 
Aberuchill Castle (Major Drummond), are seen on the right; and, five 
miles and a half from St. Fillan’s, the tourist enters the village of Comrie, 
pleasantly situated on the north bank of the Earn, at its confluence with 
the Ruchill. Comrie is remarkable for the earthquakes with which it has 
occasionally been visited for a number of years. It is by many supposed 
to'have been the scene of the dreadful battle between Galgacus and Agri¬ 
cola. Half a mile south of the village are the remains of a Roman Camp. 
Close to the village stands Comrie House (Dundas, Bart.), on the east 
side of which the Lednock Water flows into the Earn. On the summit 
of a hill called Dunmore, a monument, 72 feet in height, has been erected 
to the memory of the late Lord Melville, overhanging a turbulent little 
stream called the “ Humble Bumble,” from which there is an extensive 
and interesting view of the adjacent country. At the foot of Dunmore, 
there is a place called the “ Devil’s Caldron,” where the Lednock, at the 
farther extremity of a long, deep, and narrow chasm, is precipitated into 
a dark and dismal gulf. 

Leaving Comrie, we descend towards Crieff. A mile and a half on¬ 
wards we* pass, on the left, Lawers House (the mansion of the late Lord 
Balgray), a mile farther Clathick (Colquhoun, Esq.), and half a mile 
beyond that Monievaird Kirk. On an eminence to the south of this 
place there is an obelisk erected to Sir David Baird, Bart. A mile and a 
half beyond is Ochtertyre (Sir William Murray), celebrated for the 
romantic beauty of its situation. A ruined tower, the remains of a fortress 
erected in the 13th century by Comyn of Badenoch, stands on the bank 
of a sheet of water called the Loch of Mongievaird, near the mansion. 
The adjacent vale of the Turit has been rendered classical by the pen of 
Burns. The road now winds along the brow of a wooded hill, and, about 
six and a half miles from Comrie, enters the thriving town of Crieff, 
delightfully situated on a slope above the river Earn, backed by hills and 
crags, and the Knock of Crieff. Three miles south from the town is the 


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ABERDEEN—OLD ABERDEEN—GLASGOW. 


village of Muthil. In the same direction (on the road to Dunblane) is 
Drummond Castle, the ancient residence of the noble family of Perth, 
now represented by Lady Willoughby D’Eresby. 

N orth from Crieff, on the road to Amulree, is Monzie Castle (pro¬ 
nounced Monee ), Campbell, Esq., situate amid splendid scenery. From 
Crieff, the tourist’s own arrangements will determine whether he should 
proceed to Perth, Stirling, or Edinburgh. 


ABERDEEN 

ranks next to Edinburgh and Glasgow in point of general importance, 
and is considered the capital of the North of Scotland. It is situated on 
a cluster of eminences which rise along the northern bank of the river 
Dee, near its confluence with the German Ocean. Castle Street is the 
place of the town. It contains the Town-House, surmounted by a spire, 
the Banks, and other public buildings, and, at its upper end, the Cross. 
In Union Street and King Street there are likewise buildings worthy of 
inspection. Part of the former is carried over a deep ravine by a bridge 
of granite 130 feet in span. To the west of the bridge are the Public 
Rooms. The other objects worthy of the stranger’s attention are Mari- 
schal.College, the Trades’ Hall, New Hall of the Society of Advocates, 
Gordon’s Hospital, and New Infirmary. 

OLD ABERDEEN, 

about a mile north of New Aberdeen, contains the Cathedral and King’s 
College, both of which merit the tourist’s notice. About a mile distant 
is the Brig of Balgownie, celebrated by Lord Byron in the 10th canto of 
“ Don Juan.” From Aberdeen a very interesting tour may be made up 
the Dee to Ballater and Castleton of Braemar, a district of country pecu¬ 
liarly wild, and exhibiting scenes of savage grandeur not surpassed by 
any other part of Scotland. 


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GLASGOW. 

The population of Glasgow, according to the census of 1841, amounted 
to 274,533. Cotton goods form the staple manufacture of the place, and 
the beautiful machinery employed in spinning and weaving are well 
worthy the attention of strangers. 

In 1834, out of 134 cotton factories existing in Scotland, 100 belonged 
to Glasgow, and the importation of cotton into that port amounted to 
95,703 bales. In the weaving of this material upwards of 15,000 power- 
loom and 32,000 hand-loom weavers were at the same time employed in 
Glasgow. Of calico printing establishments there are upwards of 40. 
In 1835 there were 67 steam vessels, of 6691 aggregate tonnage, connected 
with Glasgow. The city has also a vast retail trade. 

The objects in Glasgow, besides factories, most worthy of the attention 
of strangers, are the Cathedral , the Necropolis , the College , Hunter's 
Museum , the Museum connected with the Andersonian Institution , and 
the Royal Exchange. 

The Cathedral is situated near the upper extremity of the High Street. 
The greater part of the present edifice was constructed at the close of the 
12th century. It consists of a long nave and choir, a chapter-house 
projecting from the north-east angle, a tower and spire in the centre, 
and a crypt extending beneath the choir. The Dripping Aisle, so 
named from the perpetual dropping of water from the roof, is the lower 
part of an unfinished transept, used as a sepulchral repository. The 
sepulchral crypt was used as a church till 1805 (see the novel of Rob 
Roy). In the Outer High Kirk, November 1638, the celebrated General 
Assembly of the Church was held which abolished Episcopacy. The 
elevated ground near the east end of the Cathedral has been recently 
formed into the ornamented burying ground denominated the Necropolis. 
The ground has been laid out with great taste in walks and shrubberies, 
and many monuments have been erected in it. The College, situated 
in the High Street, was established by one of the Bishops of Glasgow 
in the year 1450. At the back of the interior court stands the Hunterian 
Museum, a large collection of singular natural objects, coins, medals, 
manuscripts, paintings, and relics of antiquity, formed by Dr. William 
Hunter, the celebrated anatomist. The Museum connected with the An¬ 
dersonian Institution is also deserving of notice. The most splendid 
modem building in Glasgow is the Royal Exchange , Queen Street, erected 
in 1829; its principal room is a large hall used as a reading-room, to 
which strangers, with a praiseworthy liberality, are allowed free access 
for a month. In front of the Exchange is an equestrian statue in bronze 
of the Duke of Wellington. About 11 miles north of Glasgow is Campsie 
Glen, a picturesque ravine. A description of the most interesting plea¬ 
sure excursions which may be made from Glasgow will be found in the 
Itinerary. 


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BOTHWELL CASTLE. 


IV.—THE FALLS OF CLYDE. 


FROM GLASGOW TO BOTHWELL CASTLE AND BRIDGE—HAMILTON— 
LANARK—AND THE FALLS OF CLYDE. 


The Falls of Clyde may be visited en route from Carlisle or Edinburgh 
by' the Caledonian Railway, a chart of which will be found at the end of 
the volume. Whichever of these places be the starting point, the tourist, 
to see the Falls, leaves the Railway at Lanark Station. And if he should 
feel inclined to continue his way by Hamilton and Bothwell Castle to 
Glasgow, he has only to invert the following route as it is here given. 

Leaving Glasgow, the tourist proceeds eastward to the village of Ud- 
dingstone, situated on an eminence, commanding a delightful view. 

A short way beyond, on the right, are the magnificent ruins of Both¬ 
well Castle. The origin of the castle is unknown; but, in the wars 
between Bruce and Baliol, Edward I. made a grant of it to Aymer de 
Valence, whom he had appointed governor of Scotland. A number of 
the English nobility took refuge in it after the battle of Bannockburn, but 
were speedily obliged to surrender. Bruce bestowed Bothwell Castle on 
Andrew Murray, first Earl of Bothwell, in whose family it remained, with 
a few exceptions, until the forfeiture of the infamous nobleman of that 
name, when it fell to the noble family of Douglas. The present residence 
of Lord Douglas is a plain mansion, standing on a beautiful lawn, near 
the old castle. It was built for the young Earl of Forfar, who was killed 
at the battle of Sheriffmuir.* The Clyde, by a beautiful sweep, forms here 


* “ In the autumn of 1799, when on a visit to Lord Archibald Douglas at Both¬ 
well Castle, Sir Walter Scott commenced the following beautiful ballad, which, not¬ 
withstanding its incompleteness, we shall here transcribe, for the additional interest 
it tlirows on the romantic associations already connected with this beautiful spot. 


“ If chance, by Bothwell’s lovely braes 
A wanderer thou hast been, 

Or hid thee from the summer’s blaze 
In Blantyre's bowers of green, 

Full where the copsewood opens wild 
Thy pilgrim step hath staid 
Where Bothwell’s towers, in ruin piled, 
O’erlook the verdant glade; 

And many a tale of love and fear 
Hath mingled with the scene 
Of Bothwell’s banks that bloom’d so dear, 
And Bothwell’s bonny Jean. 

O, if with rugged minstrel lays 
Unsated be thy ear, 

And thou of deeds of other days 
Another tale wilt hear. 

When all beneath the spreading beach 
Flung careless on the lea, 


The Gothic muse the tale shall teach 
Of Bothwell’s sisters three. 

Wight Wallace stood on Decmont head, 
He blew his bugle round, 

Till the wild bull in Cadyow wood 
Has started at the sound. 

St. George’s cross o’er Bothwell hung, 
Was waving far and wide, 

And from the lofty turret flung 
Its crimson blaze on Clyde; 

And rising at the bugle blast 
That mark'd the Scottish foe, 

Old England's yeomen muster’d fast, 
And bent the Norman bow. 

Tall in the midst Sir Aylmer rose, 
Proud Pembroke’s Earl was he, 
While”- 


Lockhart’s Life of Scott, vol. i. 







HA MI I-.TON—CADYOW C A STLE. 


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a fine semicircular declivity called Bothwell Bank, celebrated in Scottish 
song. 

Directly opposite to Bothwell Castle, on the south bank of the Clyde, 
are the ruins of Blantyre Priory, situated on the brink of a perpendicular 
rock. At the distance of a mile and a half, the tourist reaches Bothwell 
village and church. Part of the old church, an ancient Gothic fabric, 
cased with a thin coating of stone, is still standing. 

At a little distance in front, the tourist crosses the Clyde by Bothwell 
Bridge, the scene of the famous battle which took place in 1679, between 
the Royal forces, under the Duke of Monmouth, and the Covenanters. 
The level grounds which stretch away from Bothwell Bridge along the 
north-east bank of the river, once formed the patrimonial estate of 
Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, the assassin of the Regent Murray. 

A mile and a half beyond Bothwell Bridge, and ten miles and a half 
from Glasgow, the tourist enters the town of Hamilton, the capital of 
the Middle Ward of Lanarkshire. Hamilton is a burgh of regality, 
dependent on the Duke of Hamilton. The principal object of attraction 
in its vicinity is Hamilton Palace, the seat of the Duke of Hamilton, 
standing on a plain between the town and the river. Near Hamilton is 
the Avon, a tributary of the Clyde. The vale which this stream waters 
is adorned with old wood, and several ancient and modern mansions, the 
most famous of which is Cadyow or Cadzow Castle, the ancient baronial 
residence of the family of Hamilton, situated upon the precipitous banks 
of the Avon, about two miles above its junction with the Clyde. In the 
immediate vicinity of Cadyow is a grove of immense oaks, many of them 
measuring thirty feet in circumference, the remains of the Great Forest, 
which extended over the south of Scotland, from the Eastern to the 
Atlantic Ocean. The famous breed of Scottish wild cattle, milk-white 
in colour, with black muzzles, horns, and hoofs, are still preserved in 
this forest. They were expelled about 1760, on account of their ferocity, 
but have since been restored. Opposite Cadyow is Chatelherault, a 
summer residence of the Duke of Hamilton. The banks of the South 
Calder, at no great distance from Hamilton, are extremely romantic, and 
adorned with a number of fine seats. 

Leaving Hamilton, the tourist proceeds in a south-easterly direction, 
and at the distance of half a mile, crosses the Avon. On the opposite 
bank of the Clyde is Dalziel House (General Hamilton), surrounded by 
plantations. About a mile beyond Avon Bridge the road strikes off the 
Carlisle road, and gradually descends towards the margin of the river. 
On the opposite bank is Cambusnethan (R. Lockhart, Esq.), a castellated 
mansion, seated on a lawn, partly shaded by lime trees. This district 
has worthily earned the name of “ The Orchard of Scotland,” or “ The. 
Fruit Lands.” Six miles from Hamilton the Edinburgh road to Ayr 


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THE FALLS OF CLYDE. 


crosses the Clyde at Garrion Bridge; a mile beyond is the delightful 
bower-like village of Dalserf. On the left is Dalserf House (Lieut. 
Campbell), and on the right Millbum House (Watkins, Esq.) On the 
opposite bank of the river is Brownlee (Harvie, Esq.), and the stately 
mansion of Mauldslie Castle, the seat of the last Earl of Hyndford, now 
the property of Nisbet of Carfin. A little farther on is Milton-Lockhart 
(Captain Lockhart, INI. P.), an edifice in the Tudor style, and Waygate- 
shaw (Steel, Esq.) Two miles and a half beyond Dalserf the tourist 
crosses the river Nethan, at Nethanfoot, by a bridge. On the right, near 
the junction of the Nethan and the Clyde, are the ruins of the Castle of 
Craignethan or Draphane, situated on a single rock overhanging the 
former stream. Craignethan has furnished the author of “ Old Mortality ” 
with his description of Tillietudlem; it is now the property of Lord 
Douglas. A short way beyond, on the north bank of the river, is Carfin 
House (Nisbet, Esq.), and soon after the road enters the plantations of 
Stonebyres (Monteith, Esq.) The channel of the river now becomes 
rugged and confined, and the banks more precipitous; and, in a short 
time, a path, laid out by the well-known Robert Owen, conducts the 
tourist to 

THE FALLS OF THE CLYDE. 

The first is called the Fall of Stonebyres. The river here makes three 
distinct falls, being broken by two projecting rocks. Passing, on the 
left, Sunnyside Lodge (A. Gillespie, Esq.), and, on the right, Kirkfield 
(Steel, Esq.), and other elegant villas, the tourist, at the distance of a 
mile from the Fall of Stonebyres, crosses the Clyde by an ancient bridge 
of three arches. 

In visiting the Falls of Clyde from Lanark, the tourist should at once 
proceed to the uppermost, called Bonnington Linn, two miles from Lanark. 
A romantic path leads to it through the grounds of Bonnington House 
(Sir Charles Ross). Above this cataract the river moves very slowly, 
but all at once it bends towards the north-east, and throws itself over a 
perpendicular rock of about thirty feet into a deep hollow or basin. Corra 
Linn (half a mile below that of Bonnington) is the grandest of the falls, 
where the river takes three distinct leaps, in height altogether about 
eighty-four feet. The best view of this magnificent fall is from the 
semicircular seat on the verge of the cliff opposite. Upon a rock above 
the fall, on the opposite side of the river, is the old Castle of Cora, and 
to the right of this castle Cora House (George Cranstoun, Esq.) About 
half a mile below Corra Linn is the village of New Lanark, originally 
established in the year 1783 by the benevolent David Dale of Glasgow, 
father-in-law of Robert Owen. In Bonnington House are preserved two 
relics of Sir William Wallace:—a portrait of the hero, and a very curious 
chair, on which he is said to have sat. 


LANARK—CARTLAND CRAGS. 


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LANARK, 

a royal burgh, and the county town of Lanarkshire, is situated at the 
distance of twenty-five miles from Glasgow, and thirty-two from Edin¬ 
burgh. Its vicinity to the Falls of Clyde makes it a favourite place of 
resort for strangers during the summer months. The principal inn, the 
Clydesdale Hotel, is equal, in point of accommodation, to any provincial 
establishment in Scotland. It was in Lanark that the Scottish hero 
Wallace commenced his glorious exertions to free his country from a 
foreign yoke, and tradition points out a number of localities in the vicinity 
identified with his name and exploits. 

About a quarter of a mile to the east of the town are the ruins of the 
old church of Lanark. The Castle Hill, a small mount in the vicinity of 
the town, is supposed to have been a Roman Castellum. There are 
likewise two Roman camps in the neighbourhood, the largest of which, 
not far from Cleghorn House, measures 600 yards in length, and 420 in 
breadth. 

There are a number of handsome seats in the neighbourhood of Lanark, 
the most splendid of which are Carstairs House (Henry Monteith, Esq.), 
and Lee House (Sir Norman Macdonald Lockhart, Bart.) 

No traveller should leave this district without visiting Cartland Crags 
on Mouse Water, about a mile west from Lanark. The stream flows 
through a deep chasm, whose rocky sides rise to the height of about 400 
feet. A few years ago a bridge was thrown across this narrow chasm, 
consisting of three arches of the height of 128 feet. At a little distance 
below is a narrow old bridge, supposed to be of Roman origin. On the 
north side of the stream, a few yards above the new bridge, is a cave in 
the face of the rock, termed “ Wallace’s Cave,” which is pointed out by 
tradition as the hiding-place of that hero after he had slain Haselrig, 
the English Sheriff. About a mile and a half westward from Lanark, on 
the south side of the Mouse, is the ancient house of Jerviswood, the seat 
of the illustrious patriot who was murdered under the forms of law during 
the government of Charles II. 


c 


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GLASGOW—DUMBARTON. 


V. 

GLASGOW—DUMBARTON—HELENSB URGH —GREENOCK—LARGS—ARRAN 
DUNOON—ROTHSAY—OBAN. 

Starting from the Broomielaw in one of the steam-boats which ply on 
the river, a few minutes’ sail brings the passenger to the mouth of the 
Kelvin, a stream celebrated in Scottish song. The village on the left is 
Govan. On both sides of the river there is a series of pleasant suburban 
villas. About two miles below Govan, on the same side of the river, is 
Shieldhall (A. Johnston, Esq.) On the right, Jordanhill (James Smith, 
Esq.) A little farther down the river, and on the same side, is Scotstoun, 
the seat of Miss Oswald. On the left is Elaerslie House, the seat of Alex¬ 
ander Spiers Esq., and about a mile farther down is Blythswood House, 
formerly called Renfield, the seat of Archibald Campbell, Esq. Between 
Elderslie and Blythswood is Renfrew Ferry, where a near view may be 
obtained of the ancient burgh of Renfrew. The appearance of the town 
is mean and antiquated. The barony of Renfrew was the first possession 
of the Stuart family in Scotland. It gives the title of Baron to the Prince 
of Wales. The collected waters of the two Carts and the Gryfe flow into 
the Clyde at Inchinnan, about a mile below Renfrew. At a little above 
Erskine Ferry stands North Bar, a large and now dilapidated mansion, 
formerly the seat of Lord Sempill. At a little distance from the river, on 
the left, is the old mansion-house of Erskine, the ancient seat of the Earls 
of Mar. Robert, eleventh Lord Blantyre, who perished accidentally in 
the commotions at Brussels, September 1830, erected the new princely 
mansion which crowns the rising ground on the same side of the river. 
The tourist is now half way between Glasgow and Greenock. The river 
has expanded greatly, and assumed the appearance of a lake, apparently 
closed in front. The lofty heights on the right are the Kilpatrick Hills; 
the village in the narrow plain between them and the river is Kilpatrick, 
and the little bay in front is Bowling Bay. Opposite Bowling Inn may 
be perceived the mouth of the Great Junction Canal, which unites the 
east and west coasts of Scotland, by means of the Firths of Forth and 
Clyde. At a short distance below, on the right, is the little promontory 
of Dunglass Point, the western termination of Antoninus’ Wall or 
Graham’s Dyke, with the ruins of Dunglass Castle, formerly the property 
of the Colquhouns of Luss, but now belonging to Buchanan of Auchin- 
torlie. On tlje left, in the distance, are seen the Church and Manse 
of Erskine, Bishopston House (Lord Blantyre), and Drums (Captain 
Darroch.) On the opposite side are Milton Island, Milton House, and 


PORT-GLASGOW—HELENSBURGH—GREENOCK. 


31 


Print Works (Mr. Mitchell), Dumbuck House (Col. Geils), at the foot of 

Dumbuck Hill (Hill of Roes), Garshake (-Dixon), Chapel Green, 

and Silverton Hill. The most prominent object is the rock of Dumbarton, 
rising suddenly from the point of junction of the Leven and Clyde, to the 
height of 560 feet, measuring a mile in circumference, terminating in two 
sharp points, one higher than the other, and sprinkled over with houses 
and batteries. At the union of Scotland with England, it was one of the 
four fortresses stipulated to be kept up, and accordingly it is still in repair, 
and occupied by a garrison. Opposite to Dumbarton Castle, on the left, 
is West Sea Bank, and beyond the Leven, on the right, Leven Grove, 
the seat of the Dixons of Dumbarton. Two miles farther, on the left, is 
Finlayston, formerly a mansion of the Earls of Glencaim, now the pro¬ 
perty of Graham of Gartmore; on the right are Clyde Bank and Clyde 
Cottage. Approaching Port-Glasgow, at a little distance to the east, is 
the Castle of Newark, which at one time belonged to a branch of the 
Maxwells, afterwards to the Belhaven family, and is now the property 
of Lady Shaw Stewart. Port-Glasgow was founded in 1668 by the 
merchants of Glasgow. Since the river was deepened, Port-Glasgow has 
lost much of the consequence it originally possessed. On the opposite 
shore of the Clyde stood the Castle of Cardross, in which Robert Bruce 
breathed his last. For several miles the shore is thickly studded with 
villas, among which we may notice Ardarden House, Ardmore House, 
Camis-Eskan, Kilmahew Castle, and Drumfork House, all on the right 
side of the Firth. Three and a half miles from Dumbarton is the church 
of Cardross, with its little attendant village. Five miles farther along 
the shore, the beautiful sea-bathing village of Helensburgh occupies a 
sheltered situation at the opening of Gare Loch. A mile to the westward 
is the pleasant inn of Ardincaple, and a mile and a half farther are the 
village and kirk of Row, the parish church of Helensburgh. The pro¬ 
montory opposite Helensburgh, lying between the Gare Loch and Loch 
Long, is occupied by the mansion and grounds of -Roseneath, a seat of the 
Argyle family. After a sail from Glasgow of from two hours to two hours 
and a half, we reach the large seaport of Greenock. The situation of 
Greenock, with the mountains of Argyleshire and Dumbartonshire rising 
on the opposite side, is very fine. The view from the quay is perhaps 
the finest commanded by any seaport in the kingdom. Leaving Greenock, 
the steamer makes direct for Kempock Point. The principal villas on 
the shore to the left are Rosebank, Seabank, Glenpark, Finnart, Lady- 
bum House, and Bridgend. About three miles below Greenock, at the 
bottom of a beautiful little bay, is situated the pretty village of Gourock. 
It commands a noble sea view, and the walks along the shore, towards 
the Cloch, are very beautiful. About a quarter of a mile off Kempock 
Point, a promontory, which forms the western boundary of Gourock Bay, 


32 


LARGS—DUNOON—ROTHSAY. 


the Comet steam-boat was run down by the Ayr steam-packet, October 
21, 1825, when upwards of fifty individuals found a watery grave. A 
mile farther along this coast is the old ruin of Laven Tower, crowning a 
fine eminence. About three miles below Gourock the coasts bends to the 
south, at the Cloch Lighthouse, one of the most important beacons on the 
Clyde. A little below stands Ardgowan, the seat of Sir R. M. Shaw 
Stewart, Bart. A short way farther on, at the bottom of a small bay, is 
the little sequestered village of Innerkip, one of the most delightful 
watering-places on the west coast. In the neighbourhood is Kelly 
House, the seat of Robert Wallace, Esq., M.P. The counties of Renfrew 
and Ayr are here divided by Kellyburn. The next promontory is Knock 
Point, on rounding which we come in sight of the beautiful village of 
Largs. Two miles northward from Largs is the mansion of Brisbane, 
and two miles to the east is Kelbum, the seat of the Earl of Glasgow. 
The battle of Largs, between the Scottish army and that of Haco, King 
of Norway, in which the latter was defeated with great slaughter, took 
place on a large plain upon the sea-shore, to the south of the village. 
From Largs the steamer, on certain days, proceeds, by way of Millport, 
to Arran. Those wishing to visit this interesting island according to this 
route, should make inquiry, before starting, as to the course the steamer 
takes. The most expeditious way of getting to Arran is by railway from 
Glasgow to Ardrossan, between which town and Brodick steamers ply 
twice every day. 

Returning to Cloch Point, straight opposite, on the coast of Argyle, 
stands Dunoon, a sea-bathing village, much resorted to in summer. The 
Castle of Dunoon, once a royal residence and a strong fortress, is now in 
a state of ruin. At a short distance from Dunoon is the Holy Loch, 
surrounded by steep and picturesque hills. On its eastern shore is the 
retired village of Kilmun. On leaving Dunoon the steamer skirts along 
Bawkie Bay. The peninsula of Cowal ends a few miles lower at Toward 
Point, where there is a lighthouse, besides a large modern edifice, Toward 
Castle, the seat of Kirkman Finlay, Esq. On the neighbouring heights 
on the right are the ruins of Toward Castle, the ancient seat of the 
Lamonts. Turning Toward Point, we enter the Kyles of Bute (the 
crooked strait w r hick divides Argyleshire from Bute), and in a short 
time reach the pleasant town of Rothsay. The town consists of several 
neat streets. From various elevated points around it, fine views may be 
obtained of the neighbouring coasts. The ancient royal Castle of Rothsay, 
the favourite residence of Robert III., is one of the largest ruins in Scot¬ 
land. The closet in which that monarch died is still pointed out. The 
western side of the Bay of Rothsay commands a view of the entrance to 
the Kyles, and the mouth of Loch Strevan, with the shores of Cowal. 

About two miles from Rothsay the steam-boat passes Port Bannatyne, 


LOCH FYNE—CHINAN CANAL. 


33 


a beautiful village circling round the bottom of Kames Bay; in the 
immediate vicinity stands Kames Castle, an old fortified mansion still 
inhabited. Between Rothsay and Kilchattan Bay stands Mount Stewart, 
the seat of the Marquis of Bute, surrounded by fine woods. Etterick 
Bay, on the west side of the island, is often visited on account of its 
picturesque scenery. After passing the mouth of Loch Strevan, the 
channel rapidly narrows. Between the ferry and the entrance of Loch 
Ridden, it is contracted by four islands. The passage, though narrow 
and intricate, is exceedingly interesting. Leaving the entrance to Loch 
Ridden on the right, the steamer emerges into the open space between 
Ard-lamont Point on the mainland, and Etterick Bay in Bute. The 
heights of Arran are seen here to great advantage. On rounding Ard- 
lamont Point, the steamer enters Loch Fyne. On the left is the islet of 
Inchmamock, with the ruins of a chapel; and soon after we pass another 
islet, called Slate Island. On the left is the wild and rugged coast of 
Kin tyre. The steamer now enters the secure harbour of East Tarbet. 
East Tarbet is a picturesque fishing village, situated upon a narrow 
isthmus uniting Kintyre with Ivnapdale. In the immediate vicinity are 
the ruins of Tarbet Castle. Leaving Tarbet, and pursuing our course 
northwards, we pass Barmore Island, and shortly after come in sight of 
the village of Lochgilphead, and the extremity of the Crinan Canal. This 
canal, which was formed to save doubling the Mull of Kintyre, is only 
nine miles in length, but has no fewer than fifteen locks. On entering 
the canal, a good view is obtained of Lochgilphead and Kilmory, the seat 
of Sir John Ord. Two miles from the sea-lock, on the left, is Oakfield. 
The canal here passes through an extensive tract of marshy uninteresting 
country. Passing the village of Bellanach, we enter the Bay of Crinan. 

Upon the right is the modernised Castle of Duntroon (- Malcolm, 

Esq.), and northward, on the same side, Loch Craignish, a fine arm of 
the sea, intersected by a ’chain of beautiful little islands, covered with 
ancient oak trees. The steam-boat proceeds through the Dorishmore or 
Great Gate, between the Point of Craignish and one of the chain of islets 
just mentioned. Iona and Isla are now in sight. On the south are the 
shores of Knapdale, and to the north the islands of Shuna and Luing, 
with Loch Melfort opening to the right. Two miles from the Point of 
Luing, is Blackmill Bay, opposite which is the island of Lunga. Three 
miles farther north is the slate islet of Balnahuay, and farther to the west 
the Garveloch Isles. The Sound of Cuan runs between the northern 
extremity of Luing and the island of Seil. The length of this beautiful 
and diversified passage is about three miles. On the west side of Seil is 
the circular islet of Easdale, celebrated for its slate quarries. After pass¬ 
ing Easdale and the Point of Ardincaple, Loch Feochan opens on the 
right, and a distinct view is obtained of the broad-shouldered and double- 


34 


OBAN—DUNSTAFFNAGE CASTLE. 


peaked Ben Cruachan. To the north is the island of Kerrera, with the 
ruins of Gylen Castle occupying its southern point. This island forms 
a natural breakwater to the Bay of Oban. At the head of this bay is 
situated the pleasant and thriving village of Oban. The high cliff's on 
the north side of the bay command one of the finest views in Scotland. 
They terminate in a rocky promontory, surmounted by Dunolly Castle, 
an ivy-clad square keep, the ancient seat of the once powerful family of 
the M‘Dougals of Lorn, whose representative resides here in Dunolly 
House.* A little to the north of Dunolly, stands the Castle of Dunstaff- 
nage, which was occasionally possessed by the early Scottish kings. From 
this ancient seat of royalty, it is said, the coronation stone, now in West¬ 
minster Abbey, was transferred by Kenneth II. to Scone. 

* “ Nothing can he more wildly beautiful than the situation of Dunolly. The 
ruins are situated upon a hold and precipitous promontory overhanging Loch Etive, 
and distant about a mile from the village and port of Oban. The principal part 
which remains is the donjon or keep; but fragments of other buildings, overgrown 
with ivy, attest that it had once been a place of importance, as large, apparently, as 
Ardtornish or Dunstaffnage. These fragments enclose a court-yard, of which the 
keep probably formed one side; the entrance being by a steep ascent from the neck 
of the isthmus, formerly cut across by a moat, and defended, doubtless, by outworks 
and a drawbridge. Beneath the castle stands the present mansion of the family, 
having on the one hand Loch Etive, with its islands and mountains, on the other two 
romantic eminences tufted with copsewood. There are other accompaniments suited 
to the scene; in particular, a huge upright pillar or detached fragment of that sort 
of rock called plum-pudding stone, upon the shore, about a quarter of a mile from 
the castle. It is called Clackna-cau, or the Dog’s Pillar, because Fingal is said to 
have used it as a stake to which he hound his celebrated dog Bran. Others say, 
that when the Lord of the Isles came upon a visit to the Lord of Lorn, the dogs 
brought for his sport were kept beside this pillar. Upon the whole, a more delight¬ 
ful and romantic spot can scarce he conceived; and it receives a moral interest from 
the considerations attached to the residence of a family once powerful enough to con¬ 
front and defeat Robert Bruce, and now sunk into the shade of private life. It is at 
present possessed by Patrick MacDougall, Esq., the lineal and undisputed represen¬ 
tative of the ancient Lords of Lorn. The heir of Dunolly fell in Spain, fighting under 
the Duke of Wellington—a death well becoming his ancestry .”—Lord of the Isles. 


TOBERMORY—STAFFA. 


35 


VI. 

GLASGOW—TOBERMORY—STAFFA—IONA. 

Tourists wishing to proceed to Staffa usually leave Glasgow in a steam¬ 
boat for Tobermory in Mull, touching at Oban in their way. After 
leaving Oban, the steamer passes Kerrera and approaches Lismore, a 
fertile island about nine miles in length by two in breadth. Leaving 
Lismore on the right, the steamer enters the sound of Mull, and passes 
the Lady Rock, visible only at low water, on which M‘Lean of Duart 
exposed his wife, a daughter of M‘Dougal of Lorn, intending that she 
should be swept away by the returning tide.* Duart Castle is seen on 
the left, on the shore of Mull. Opposite to Duart, on the coast of Morven, 
there is a corresponding baronial ruin, Ardtornish Castle, described by 
Scott in his “ Lord of the Isles,” Canto First and Notes. It was one of 
the principal seats of the Lords of the Isles during the period of their 
independence. Another residence of the Island Kings next meets the 
eye in the Castle of Aros in Mull, a powerful rock-built fortress, situated 
about half way from either end of the sound.f Holding on towards the 
head of the sound, the steamer, seven miles beyond Aros, reaches Tober¬ 
mory (the well of our lady St. Mary), the only town in Mull. It was 
founded in 1788 by the British Fishery Company, and is finely situated 
at the head of the inner recess of a well protected bay. In the immediate 
vicinity is Drimfin, the mansion of M‘Lean of Coll. This romantic spot 
is well worthy the notice of the tourist. Quitting Tobermory, we enter 
Loch Simart. Seven miles from Tobermory, on the Ardnamurchan 
coast, are seen the ruins of Mingarry Castle, anciently the residence of 
the Maclans, a clan of the MacDonalds. Rounding the point of Cullich, 
the last promontory of Mull, we find ourselves moving freely on the 
bosom of the Atlantic, and at the same moment, if the weather is fine, 
the islands of Mull, including the Treshnish Isles, Tiree, Coll, Muck, Eig, 
and Rum, burst on the view, and, far to the north-west, the faint outlines 
of South Uist and Barra. Staffa is about eight miles distant from the 
western coast of Mull. It is about three quarters of a mile in length by 
half a mile in breadth. The most elevated point is toward the south 
west, where the rock attains an elevation of about 144 feet. The first 
cave approached is the Clam-shell Cave, on one side of which the basaltic 
columns appear bent like the ribs of a ship, while the opposite wall is 
made up of the ends of horizontal columns, resembling the surface of a 
honeycomb. This cave is 80 feet in height, and 16 or 18 in breadth at 

* This incident has been made the subject of a tragedy by Joanna Baillie. 

t From the village of Aros there is a road which leads across the island to Loch- 
na-Keal, and thence to Laggan Ulva, where there is a place of embarkation for Staffa 
and Iona. 


36 


IONA—ST. ORAN’S CHAPEL. 


the entrance, its length being 130 feet. Next occurs the noted rock 
Buachaille or the Herdsman, a conoidal pile of columns, about 30 feet 
high. From this spot the pillars extend in one continued colonnade 
along the whole face of the cliff to the entrace of Fingal’s Cave, by far 
the most impressive and interesting object in the island. The height 
from the water at mean tide to the top of the arch at the entrance is 66 
feet, its breadth 42, and its whole length 227 feet. The sides within are 
columnar, and for the most part perpendicular, the columns being broken 
and grouped in many different ways. As the sea never entirely ebbs 
from this cave, the beautiful green water forms the only flooring, along 
which a boat may be pushed. * Nothing can surpass the beautiful 
symmetry and grandeur of this wondrous pile. The Boat Cave, and 
Mackinnon’s, or the Cormorant Cave, are two of less extent and beauty, 
which are usually visited after Fingal’s Cave. 

Iona or Icolmkill, celebrated as an early seat of Christianity, is 
about nine miles to the south of Staffa. It is nearly three miles in length 
and one in breadth. The origin of the celebrity of Iona is to be traced 
to its having become, about, the year 565, the residence of Columba, an 
Irish Christian preacher. The monastery became, in subsequent years, 
the dwelling of the Cluniacenses, a class of monks who followed the rule 
of St. Bennet. At the Reformation, Iona, with its abbey, was annexed 
to the bishopric of Argyle by James YI. in the year 1617. The celebrated 
ruins consist of a cathedral, a nunnery, and St. Oran’s Chapel. The 
latter, which appears to be the oldest building now standing, is of small 
extent (60 feet by 20) and rude architectural style, and was probably 
built by the Norwegians. It contains some tombs of different dates, and 
there are many carved stones in the pavement. The chapel of the 
nunnery is the next in the order of antiquity; it is in good preservation, 
the roof has been vaulted, and part of it remains. The nuns were not 
displaced at the Reformation, but continued, a long time after that event, 
to live together. They followed the rule of St. Augustine. The Cathe¬ 
dral Church of St. Mary is the principal edifice; it has obviously been 
erected at two distinct periods. Its present form is that of a cross, the 
length being about 160 feet, the breadth 24; the tower is about 70 feet 
high, divided into three storeys. Most families of distinction in the 
Highlands had burying-places here, and many erected votive chapels in 
different parts of the island. It has been recorded that there were, at 
one time, 360 stone crosses in Iona, but of these relics only four now 
exist. The island contains 450 inhabitants, and is the property of the 
Duke of Argyle. 

* The best views of these remarkable caves are to be found in the plates annexed 
to Professor Phillips’ able treatise on Geology, reprinted from the new edition of the 
Encyclopaedia Britannica. 


37 



THE CALEDONIAN CANAL. 

Tourists generally proceed to Oban by Loch¬ 
gilphead and the Crinan Canal. There are two 
routes by land from Oban to Fort William ; the 
coast line by Connel Ferry, and Appin, which 
is the shorter of the two, and the other by 
Taynuilt, Dalmally, and Glencoe. 

Loch Linnhe, bounded on the one hand by 
the craggy knolls of Appin, on the other by 
the hills of Morven, is the commencement of 
the chain of salt and fresh water lakes formed 
into the Caledonian Canal, and presents, on 
both sides, scenery of a most romantic character. 
Opposite to the upper extremity of Lismore, 
Loch Creran branches off into Lorn. The first 
mansion to the north of this loch is Airds, the 
seat of Sir John Campbell; next is the ruin 
of Castle Stalker. Appin House (Downie of 
Appin), next occurs, and after that, at the 
mouth of Loch Leven, Ardshiel (Stewart, Esq.) 
From Ballachulish Ferry on Loch Leven, noted 
for its slate quarry, the West Highland road 
penetrates the savage vale of Glencoe. Coran 
Ferry, nine miles from Fort William, divides 
Loch Linnhe from Loch Eil. Fort William and 
the contiguous village of Maryburgh stand on 
a bend of Loch Eil, near the confluence of the 
river Lochy ; the Fort was erected in King 
William’s reign. The most prominent feature 
of this neighbourhood is Ben Nevis, long re¬ 
puted the highest mountain in Britain. Its 
height is 4370 feet. Two miles from Fort 
William stands the old Castle of Inverlochy. 
The distance from Loch Eil to Loch Lochy is 
eight miles. At Corpach are three locks, and, 
a mile beyond, a series of eight locks called 
Neptune’s Staircase. Each lock is 180 feet 
long, 40 broad, and 20 deep. Passing the vil¬ 
lages of West and East Moy, the steamer, two 
miles farther, enters Loch Lochy, which is ten 








38 


CALEDONIAN CANAL. 


miles in length by about one in breadth; near the west end there is a 
line bay called the Bay of Arkaig, at a short distance from which is the 
mansion of Lochiel. The distance between Loch Lochy and Loch Oich 
is nearly two miles. Leaving the village of Laggan on the right, the 
steamer enters Loch Oich, which forms the summit level of the Caledonian 
Canal. It is a small loch about four miles long, by half a mile broad. 
The distance from Loch Oich to Loch Ness is 5| miles. Fort Augustus 
is situated at the south west extremity of Loch Ness ; it was built shortly 
after the rebellion of 1715. There are six locks here through which the 
steam-boat descends into Loch Ness. This loch is about 24 miles in 
length; it is of great depth in many places, and never freezes. A short 
distance from Fort Augustus, we pass the mouth of Glenmoriston and 
the mansion of the proprietor, James Murray Grant, Esq., beautifully 
situated. A few miles farther on the right is Foyers House and the 
mouth of the river Foyers, where the steamer stops to afford passengers 
an opportunity of viewing the famous Fall of Foyers. About miles 
from this, on the left, are seen the ruins of Castle Urquhart, often noticed 
in the annals of the earlier Scottish monarchs. Glen Urquhart, which 
recedes behind the castle, is a beautiful Highland vale, containing many 
gentlemen’s seats, and, at the mouth of the glen, a good inn called 
Drumindrochet. Glen Urquhart chiefly belongs to Grant of Grant. At 
the ferry of Bona, 84 miles from Drumindrochet, the steamer enters Loch 
Dochfour by a narrow channel about a quarter of a mile in length. At 
Lochend the steamer again enters the canal and proceeds to Muirton, 
where it descends by four locks to the level of Loch Beauly, an arm of 
the Murray Firth. 

The Caledonian Canal was finally opened in October 1822. The 
whole distance from the Atlantic to the German Ocean is 60J miles, of 
which 37 are through natural sheets of water, and 23 cut as a canal. The 
total disbursements up to the 1st of May 1839, were <£1,023,628. The 
revenue derived from the tonnage does not exceed <£3000 a-year. 


ROUTE TO STIRLING BY STEAM-BOAT. 


39 





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ROUTE TO STIRLING BY STEAM-BOAT. 

Steam-boats sail for Alloa and Stirling every day from Granton Pier. 
Coaches from Croall’s office, Princes Street, and the Edinburgh, Leith, 
and Granton Railway trains, start in time to suit the sailings of the 
steamer. 

Looking across the Firth, upon leaving the pier, the Burgh of Burnt¬ 
island may be observed directly opposite. Leaving Granton, Laurieston 
Castle, the residence of John Law, projector of the Mississippi scheme, is 
seen on the same side. The seat of the Earl of Morton is close by the 
town of Aberdour, on the north shore; and near this point lies the island 
of Inch Colm, with the remains of a monastery founded by Alexander I. 
On the south shore, at the mouth of the river Almond, stand the village 
of Cramond and Cramond House, and a little farther west is Dalmeny 
Park, the property of the Earl of Rosebery. Donnibrissel, a seat of the 
Earl of Moray, may be seen directly opposite, and to the westward of it 
lies the burgh of Inverkeithing. In the strait between North and South 
Queensferry is the island of Inchgarvie. The ruins of Rosyth Castle 
stand on a rocky promontory on the north shore. In this castle, it is 
said, Oliver Cromwell’s mother was born. Three miles farther west, on 
the south coast, and about a mile from the shore, is Hopetoun House, the 
splendid mansion of the Earl of that name, and on a peninsula to the 
westward stands Blackness Castle, by the Articles of the Union to be 
kept in repair. Close by the village of Charlestown, on the north side 
of the Forth, stands Broomhall, the seat of the Earl of Elgin. Returning 
to the south coast, and proceeding westward, may be seen in succession 




40 


ROUTE TO STIRLING BY STEAM-BOAT. 


Borrowstounness; Kinneil House, the residence of the late Professor 
Dugald Stewart; and Grangemouth, situated at the mouth of Carron 
Water. On the north side is Culross, and three miles to the westward 
of it lies the town of Kincardine. In its vicinity stands Tulliallen Castle; 
right opposite to Tulliallen, upon a height, is Airth Castle, and about a 
mile to the west of Airth Castle is Dunmore House, the residence of the 
Earl of Dunmore. The town of Clackmannan stands on an eminence 
on the north side of the river, and to the west of it is Clackmannan 
Tower, said to have been built by Robert Bruce. Near the thriving 
town of Alloa stands Alloa Tower, built about the 13th century. The 
windings of the Forth now become more and more eccentric, the distance 
to Stirling Bridge by land being six miles, while by the river it is sixteen. 
On the same side as Alloa, and a little to the westward, is Tullibody 
House, a residence of the Abercromby family. The Ochil Hills, from 
their immediate proximity, now assume an air of imposing grandeur, 
and Stirling Castle forms a magnificent feature in the landscape. For 
the description of Stirling, see the Tour to the Trosachs and Loch 
Lomond. 


ROAD ITINERARY 


I. EDINBURGH—GALASHIELS.—MELROSE.—JEDBURGH.— 51 Mit.es. 


ON RIGHT FROM EDIN. 


Grange House, Sir Thos. 
Dick Lauder, Bart. 


O ^ 
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49 

48 


47 

45 

43 


In the neighbourhood 
Roslin Castle and Chapel. 

Hawthornden, once the 
seat of Drummond the 
Poet; under the house are 
several curious caves. 

Dalhousie Castle, Earl of 39| 
Dalhousie, an ancient seat 
modernized. 

Arniston, - Dundas, 

Esq. 

Heriot House. 

Heriot Kirk and Manse. 

Rowland, -Walker, 

Esq. 


Torwoodlee and Fernie- 
lie,-Pringle, Esq. 

Galashiels is separated 
from this line of road by 
the Gala, which joins the 
Tweed about a mile below. 

Gala House, -Scott, 

Esq. 

Across the river may be 
seen Abbotsford, the seat 
of Sir Walter Scott. 

Melrose Abbey, the fin¬ 
est specimen of Gothic 
architecture in Scotland. 

In St. Boswell’s Village 
a great annual fair is held 
on the 18tli of July for 
horses, cattle, sheep,' &c. 

Ancrum House, Sir Wm. 
Scott, Bart. 

Near Ancrum the Battle 
of Lilliards Edge was 
fought in 1545, where a 
body of English troops, 
under Lord Evers and Sir 
Brian I.atoun, were com¬ 
pletely defeated by the 
Earl of Angus. 


42 


38 

31 


27 


osi 

AO o 


20i 


EDINBURGH. 

Leave Edinburgh by New¬ 
ington. 

Powburn. 
Libberton vill. & Kirk. 
Gilmerton. 

Lass w;ul e. 

-Z&Q cr. South Esk. 
Dalhousie. 

Kirkhill vill. & Kirk. 
Fushie Bridge. 

Middleton. 
Crookston. 
cr. Heriot Water. 



15 

13 

10 

3 


-!£^cr. Crookston Wat. 
Gala bank Inn. 
Torsonce Inn. 
Stow vill. 
Buekholm Farm. 
Laudhopeburn House. 
Langhaugh. 

cr. Allan Water. 

cr. Tweed. 
Darnick vill. 

MELROSE. 
Eildon vill. 
Newton, Dry burgh. 
St. Boswell’s. 
Ancrum, 

where the Ale joins the 
Teviot. 

Teviot Bridge. 

cr. Teviot. 
Bonjedward. 
cr. Jed Water. 
JEDBURGH. 


2 

3 

4 
6 
8 


13 


24 

25 
25 § 

301 


36 

38 

41 

48 


49 

51 


Eldin, 


Lord 


Melville Castle, 
Melville. 

Newbattle Abbey, Mar¬ 
quis of Lothian. 

Powder Mills, the oldest 
in Scotland. 

Ruins of Borthwick 
Castle, with Borthwick 
Kirk. The Castle is very 
entire, and was inhabited 
for a short time in 1567 by 
Queen Mary and Both well. 


Crookston House, - 
Borthwick, Esq. 

Pirn, —— Tait, Esq. 


Langlee House, - 

Bruce, Esq. 

Pavillion, L. Somerville. 

The vale of the Allan is 
supposed to be the “ Glen- 
dearg” of the Monastery. 

Near Melrose are the 
Eildon Hills, on which are 
the remains of Roman 
Camps. 

Dry burgh Abbey is beau¬ 
tifully situated on the left 
bank of the Tweed. Sir 
Walter Scott was interred 
here. Farther down the 
Tweed is Mertoun, the seat 
of Lord Polwarth. 

Near Ancrum the Roman 
road from York to the 
Firth of Forth passes. 


Jedburgh is situated on the west bank of the Jed, in the midst of a country beautifully 
wooded. It is a royal burgh of very ancient erection, and was one of the chief Border towns, 
and a place of considerable importance before the Union. After that period its trade was, 
in a great measure, destroyed ; it has now, however, greatly revived. The remains of the 
Abbey form the principal object of curiosity in Jedburgh. It was founded either in 1118 or 
1147, and, after various damages in the course of the Border wars, was burnt by the Earl of 
Hertford in 1545. It is a magnificent ruin, and is considered the most perfect and beau¬ 
tiful specimen of the Saxon and early Gothic in Scotland. Part of the west end is fitted up 
as a parish church. The Castle of Jedburgh, situated on an eminence at the town head, was 
a fortress of very great strength. The ground is now occupied by a Jail. The environs of 
Jedburgh abound in rich woodland scenes. Some remains of the famous ancient forest are 
to be seen in the neighbourhood of the half ruined castle of Ferniehirst, belonging to the 
Marquis of Lothian, and the original seat of his ancestors, the Kers. Jedburgh contains 
above 4000 inhabitants, and joins with Haddington, North Berwick, Dunbar, and Lauder, in 
electing a member of Parliament. 


D 
















42 


Ij. EDINBURGH.—DALKEITH.-LAUDER.— KELSO.-42 Mimes. 


ON RIGHT FROM EDIN. 


Inch, Little Gilmour, Esq. 

Said to have acquired its 
name from the French at¬ 
tendants of Queen Mary. 

Drum,-for¬ 

merly a seat of the Somer¬ 
ville family. 

Melville Castle, Lord 
Melville. 

Newbattle Abbey, Mar 
quis of Lothian. 

Near Crichton Castle, 
once the residence of Chan 
cellor Crichton. 


2 "3 


41f 


Lauder a royal burgh. 


John Spottiswoode, Esq 
lineal descendant of Arch 
bishop Spottiswoode the 
historian. 

The original residence of 
the Gordon family, and 
from which their title of 
Duke was derived. 

The scene ofthe boyhood 
of Sir Walter Scott. 


Fleurs, Duke of Rox- 
burghe. 


41 

40| 

391 

36 

32 

30 

27 


20 | 

201 

16| 


12| 

124 

10f 


• 4 




EDINBURGH. 

Leave Edinburgh by Hope 
Park Chapel. 

Gibbet Toll. 
Salisbury Green, 
cr. Pow Burn. 
Little France. 

cr. N. Esk River 
and enter Dalkeith. 

cr. South Esk. 

Cranstoun Kirk. 

Pathhead. 

J$t) cr. Fala Water. 
Fala vill. 
Blackshiels Inn. 
cr. Soutra. 
Enter Berwickshire. 

cr. Red Brae. 
J#4] cr. Channelkirk 
Burn. 

Carfrae Mill Inn. 
cr. Leader Wat. 
LAUDER. 

[Inns .'—The Black Bull.] 
cr. Leader Wat. 
Thirlestane. 

Spottiswood. 
Whitburn Inn. 

Legerwood Kirk. 
Gordon Kirk, and vill. 
of West Gordon, 
cr. Eden. 

Smailholm vill. and 
Tower. 

Nenthorn vill. & Kirk, 
cr. Eden. 

KELSO. 



H 

2i 




104 


15 


21 


251 


271 

29 

29i 

34i 


354 

38 

42 


Ruins of Graigmillar 
Castle, a residence of 
Queen Mary. 

Population 5586; 

Dalkeith Palace and 
grounds, Duke of Buc- 
cleuch. 

Oxenford Castle, Earl 
of Stair. 


Soutra Hill, 1230 feet 
above the level of the sea, 
where there was once an 
hospital built in 1164 by 
Malcolm IV. 


Cochrane, Earl of Mar, 
and other favourites of 
James III. were hanged by 
the factious nobles over 
Lauder bridge. 

Close beside Lauder 
stands Thirlestane Castle, 
an ancient and spacious 
edifice, the seat of the 
Earl of Lauderdale. 

Hume Castle seen on a 
height to the left. Also 
Mellerstain House, Geo. 
Baillie, Esq. of Jerviswood. 


Nenthorn House, Roy, 
Esq. ; formerly posses¬ 
sed by a branch of the 
powerful family of the 
Kers. 


Kelso is aliandsome town, containing a spacious square or market-place, in which stand the 
town-house, and many elegant houses and shops. Tne Tweed is here crossed by a handsome 
bridge of Rennie’s construction, from which the view, looking westward, and taking in Fleurs, 
the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe, is extremely beautiful. Kelso Abbey is well deserving of 
attention for its venerable antiquity, and the purity of its Saxon architecture. It was founded 
in 1128 by David 1. who dedicated it to the Virgin Mary and St. John, and endowed it with* 
immense possessions and privileges. In this Abbey James III. was crowned in 1460. The 
ruins of Roxburgh Castle, so celebrated in Scottish history, are situated about a mile from 
Kelso, near the junction of the Tweed and Teviot. Kelso contains above 4000 inhabitants. 



















III. EDINBURGH.—SELKIRK.—HAWICK.—LONGTOWN—855 Miles. 


ON RIGHT FROM EDIN. 


A little above Yair is 
A shiest iel, formerly the re¬ 
sidence of Sir W. Scott. 

Near Selkirk is Bowhill, 
a seat of the Duke of Buc- 
cleucli. 

Philiphaugh, a plain to 
the north of the junction of 
the Ettrick ana Yarrow, 
was the scene of the fa¬ 
mous battle between the 
army of the Marquis of 
Montrose, and a body of 
horse commanded by Gen¬ 
eral Leslie, in which the 
former was completely de¬ 
feated. 

Wool, Scott, Esq. 

Thirlestane, Lord Napier. 

Wilton House, across the 
Teviot. 

Near Hawick, on the 
banks of the Teviot, stands 
Branxholm Castle, be¬ 
longing to the Duke of 
Buccleuch, and the chief 
scene of the Lay of the 
Last Minstrel. 

Here Johnny Armstrong 
and his men were hanged 
by the summary justice of 
James V. 

Mickledale, Beatty, Esq. 

Langholm Lodge, a mi¬ 
nor seat of the Duke of 
Buccleuch. 


Near Hollows is Gilnockie 
Tower, the ruined strong¬ 
hold of Johnny Armstrong. 


c 

a 

is 

For the space between 

8 a 

2 to 

[fa G 

Edinburgh and Galashiels, 

8’•3 

fa w 

** O 
fa 

30-i miles, see No. 1. 

A new road from Gala- 





shiels to Selkirk was form¬ 
ed in 1829, now crossing the 



Tweed and Ettrick by two 
handsome bridges. It 



leaves the old road at 



Crosslee toll-bar, three 
miles from Galashiels. 


53 

Whitebank. 

29 


cr. Gala Water. 


50 

cr. Tweed at 



Yair Bridge. 

32 

49 

Sunderland. 

33 


cr. Ettrick Wat. 


46 

and enter SELKIRK. 

391 


Immediately beyond Sel¬ 
kirk, pass the Haining, 



-Pringle, Esq. 


41 

cr. Ale Water. 

441 

401 

Ashkirk. 

44f 

341 

Wilton Kirk. 

50£ 


cr. the Teviot, 


34 

and enter HAWICK. 

50f 


Junction of Borthwick 



and Teviot. 


32 

cr. the Teviot. 

52f 

26 

Carlinrig Ch. in ruins. 

58f 

22 

JNIosspaul Inn. 

63i 

16 

Ewes Kirk. 

691 


cr. Ewes Bridge. 


Hi 

Langholm vill. 

703 

1 04 

H 

cr. Esk River. 

751 

8 

Hollows vill. 

77 


cr. Canobie Wat. 

78 

6 

Canobie vill. 

79 


Scots Dyke toll-bar, 

814 

34 

Where English ground 


24 

commences. 


Kirk Andrews, 
cr. the Esk, 

821 



and enter LONGTOWN. 

CO 


ON LEFT FROM EDIN. 


Sunderland Hall, Plomer. 

Selkirk is a royal burgh, 
containing a population of 
1800. A band of Selkirk 
burgesses behaved with 
great gallantry at Flodden. 
A standard was taken by 
them, which is still pre¬ 
served by the corporation. 
A great business in shoe¬ 
making was formerly car¬ 
ried on. The electors of 
Selkirk vote with those of 
the county. 

Sinton, Scott, Esq. 


• Population, 4070; a re¬ 
markably active manufac¬ 
turing town, chiefly pro¬ 
ducing hosiery. V otes 
with the county. 

Goldiland’s Tower, cele¬ 
brated in Border ballads. 

On the heights where the 
counties of Roxburgh and 
Dumfries meet. 


Broomholm, 
well, Esq. 


Max- 


The banks of the Esk 
are here romantically beau¬ 
tiful. 


Across the Esk is Neth- 
erby, the beautiful seat of 
Sir J ames Graham Bart. 















44 


IV. EDINBURGH. - 


-MUSSELBURGH.—HADDINGTON.—DUNBAR.—BERWICK. 

572 Miles. 


ON RIGHT FROM EDIN. 


Fine view of Arthur’s 
Seat and St. Anthony’s 
Chapel. 

New Hailes, Sir C. D. 
Fergusson, Bart. 

Pinkie House, Sir John 
Hope, Bart., M.P., near 
the spot where the battle 
of Pinkie was fought in 
1547. 

Coalston, Earl of Dal- 
honsie. 

Lennox Love, L. Blantyre. 

In Haddington the chief 
object of interest is the old 
Franciscan Church. Here, 
according to some writers, 
John Knox was born. 

Amisfield, E. of VVemyss. 

Ruins of Hailes Castle, 
the seat of the Earl of 
Bothwell, husband of 
Queen Mary. 

A mile to the south is 
Traprain Law. 

Biel, Mrs. Ferguson. 

Belton Place, Captain 
Hay, R.N. 

Lochend House, Sir G. 
Warrender, Bart. 

Two celebrated battles 
have been fought in the 
neighbourhood of Dunbar, 
the first in 1296, when the 
Scotch were defeated by 
the English under Earl 
Warren, and the second 
in 1650, when they were 
defeated by Cromwell. 

Dunglas House, Sir John 
Hall, Bart, situated amidst 
beautiful plantations. It 
stands on the site of an 
old castle which was origi¬ 
nally a strong fortress of 
the Earls of Home. 

Houndwood House, Mrs. 
Coulson, said to have been 
a hunting seat of the Scot¬ 
tish monarchs. 

Remains of Lamerton 
Kirk, where James IV 
Scotland was married by 
proxy to Margaret, eldest 


o > 
u f 


EDINBURGH. 


£4 

la 



gent Bridge. 

Jock’s Lodge. 



Portobello. 

3 


Duddingstone Salt 



Pans. 



cr. Esk Bridge. 

53 


Fisherrow and 


52 

MUSSELBURGH. 

6 

48 

Tranent. 

10 

45 

Gladsmuir. 

13 

41 

HADDINGTON. 

17 


A royal burgh. 


371 

351 

Hailes. 

Linton. 

201 
221 


-OT cr. River Tyne. 


33 f 

Gateside Inn. 

24 

311 

West Barns. 

26 

4 

cr. Belton Water. 


Belhaven vill. 


29f 

DUNBAR. 

28 

27 

East Barns vill. 

30| 

261 

cr. Dryburn Wat. 

311 

241 

Thornton Bridge. 

33 


J^cr.InnerwickWat. 


221 

cr. Dunglas Burn, 
and enter Berwickshire. 

351 

18* 

Cockburnspath vill. 
cr. Penmanshiel Br. 

39i 


cr. Peas Burn. 


161 

Grant’s Inn. 

41* 

121 

Houndwood. 

451 

7§ 

Ayton vill. 

50 


cr. Ay Water. 


6 f 

Fleemington. 

51 

3 

Liberties of Berwick. 

55 


BERWICK. 

58 


ON LEFT FROM EDIN. 


Restalrig. 

Locliena House. 
Piershill Barracks, with 
accommodation for 1000 
Cavalry. 

Portobello, much re¬ 
sorted toby the inhabitants 
of Edinburgh for sea-bath¬ 
ing. 

Musselburgh Race¬ 
course, upon which the 
Edinburgh Races are run 
annually. 

On the coast, Preston- 
pans village. 

Gosford House, Earl of 
W emyss. 

The'battle of Preston, in 
which the Royal troops, 
under Sir John Cope, were 
defeated by the Highland¬ 
ers under Prince Charles 
Stuart, was fought in this 
neighbourhood. The house 
of Colonel Gardiner, and 
the spot where he fell, as 
well as the tree under 
which Prince Charles stood 
during the battle, are still 
pointed out. 

A short distance from 
Dunbar is Broxmouth, a 
large mansion of the Duke 
of Roxburghe, surrounded 
with wood. 

The ruins of Dunbar 
Castle, about 200 yards 
west of the town. Here 
Edward II. found refuge 
after his defeat at Ban¬ 
nockburn. 

To the north of the town 
is Dunbar House, a seat of 
the Earl of Lauderdale. 


A little below, on the 
old road, is the celebrated 
Peas Bridge, 300 feet in 
length and 127 in height. 
It has four arches; two 
rest on the banks of the 
chasm, while a slender 
pier, rising from the 
depth, supports the other 
two. 


England. 

The town of Berwick is more remarkable for its historical recollections than for its present importance. 
It is 23 miles distant from Kelso, and 58 from Edinburgh, and is a respectable looking town, containing 
about 9000 or 10,000 inhabitants. It is still surrounded by its ancient walls, which only of Late years ceased 
to be regularly fortified. Its principal trade is the export of salmon. 


















45 


V. EDINBURGH.—LINLITHGOW.—FALKIRK.—STIRLING.—35$ Milks. 



Corstorphine Hill, richly 
wooded and studded with 
gentlemen’s seats and vil¬ 
las. 


At Winchburgh, Edward 
II. first halted after his de¬ 
feat at Bannockburn. 


Champfleurie, Johnston 
of Straiton. 

Linlithgow, a town of 
great antiquity, and 
where the Regent Moray 
was shot. The palace is 
the chief object of inter¬ 
est. In it Queen Mary was 
born. The church is a fine 
specimen of Gothic archi¬ 
tecture. 


A mile from Camelon 
the Carron Iron Works 
are easily distinguishable 
by the smoke and flames. 

At Torwood stood the 
tree in which Wallace used 
to conceal himself when 
hard pressed by his ene¬ 
mies. Here Mr, Cargill, 
in 1680, excommunicated 
King Charles II. the Duke 
of Y ork, and the Ministry. 


_ W> 

E.g 

o S 


33f 

33i 

3H 

27| 

261 


23f 


221 


181 

17i 


14 


131 


10f 

10i 


if 


EDINBURGH. 

Leave Edinr. by west end 
of Prince’s Street. 

iS^j Coltbridge. 
cr. W ater of Leith. 

Corstorphine vill. 
cr. A lmond W ater, 


and enter Linlithgowshire. 

Kirkliston vill. 

Winchburgh vill. 

cr. Union Canal. 
Three-Mile-Tovvn. 
cr. Haugh-burn. 
LINLITHGOW. 

cr. Avon by Linlith¬ 
gow Bridge and enter 
Stirlingshire. 

Polmont vill. 
cr. Castle Water 
Lauriston. 
cr. Burn Water. 
FALKIRK, 
cr. Canal. 

Camelon vill. 
cr. Carron Water. 

Larbert. 

T orwood. 
Bannockburn vill. 
cr. Bannockburn. 

St. Ninian’s vill. 

STIRLING. 



71 

' a 


111 

13 


16| 

18 


21* 


oi a 


24 

25 

26 

27 

29 

33i 


34* 

35* 


On the right bank of the 
Almond, before crossing 
the bridge, is a rude mo¬ 
nument, called the Cat- 
stane, commemorative of 
a battle fought in 995. 

Ruins of Niddry Castle, 
where Queen Mary first 
slept after her escape from 
Lochleven. 


Linlithgow Bridge was 
the scene of a battle fought 
between the Earls of Arran 
and Lennox in the minority 
of James V. 

Callendar Ho., Forbes, 
Esq., formerly the seat of 
the Earl of Kilmarnock. 

Falkirk, an ancient town, 
celebrated for a defeat sus¬ 
tained in its neighbourhood 
by Wallace, in a battle 
with Edward 1. Also the 
scene of an engagement 
betAveen the rebel and the 
royal armies in 1746, when 
the latter was defeated. 
The town has now acquir¬ 
ed a more peaceful cele¬ 
brity, by its trysts or cattle 
markets. At a short dis¬ 
tance from the village of 
Bannockburn, is the field 
of Bannockburn, where 
Robert Bruce, with 30,000 
men, defeated Edward II. 
with 100,000. At Milton, 
in the same neighbour¬ 
hood, is the scene 01 James 
Third’s assassination after 
his defeat at Sauchie. 


The central and original part of Stirling bears an appearance rather antique than elegant, 
but there are several good streets, and a great number of neat villas in the outskirts. The 
church is a handsome old Gothic fabric, and includes two places of worship called the East 
and West Churches. The former was erected by Cardinal Beaton, the latter by James IV. 
In 1494. The celebrated Ebenezer Erskine, founder of the Secession Church, was for some 
time minister of the West Church. _ „ .. .. , 

The most conspicuous object in Stirling is the Castle. It was a favourite residence of the 
Scottish monarens, and a stronghold of great importance. Many events of historical in¬ 
terest are associated with this fortress. Here James II. murdered William Earl of Douglas 
for refusing to withdraw himself from a rebellious association with other Scottish nobles ; 
in revenge for which the friends of Douglas burnt the town. Here also James I\ . was 
born, and James V. crowned. The prospect of the surrounding country from the castle is 
magnificent, combining every element of beauty and of grandeur. 

























46 


VI. EDINBURGH.-PEEBLES.—MOFFAT.—DUMFRIES.— 74 Mij.es. 



Morton Hall, R. Trot¬ 
ter, Esq. 

Burdiehouse House, a 
corruption of Bourdeaux 
House, some French Pro¬ 
testants having emigrated 
hither from Bourdeaux 
after the revocation of the 
edict of Nantes in 1685. 

Atalittledistance,Wood- 
houselee, F. Tytler, Esq. 

Glencorse House and 
Church. 

Penicuik Ho.,Sir George 
Clerk, Bart. 

Where the direct road 
to Dumfries parts off on 
the right. 

Early Vale. 


72 

71 

70i 

69 

68 


67 

64 
63 
62 
61 , 


EDINBURGH. 

The road leaves Edin¬ 
burgh by Nicolson Street. 

Powburn. 

Libberton Kirk. 

Burdiehouse. 

Straiton vill. 

Pass Bilston Toil-bar, 
where road to Roslin parts 
off to left. 

Greenlaw. 

Auchindinny. 

Penicuik. 

■£$0 cr. North Esk. 

Wellington Inn. 
Leadburn Inn. 


GO j Ringside Edge. 


Close to the village is 
Darnhall, a seat of Lord 
Elibank. 

An ancient royal burgh 
beautifully situated on the 
Tweed. Population of the 
parish 2750. From this 
is six miles along the 
north bank of the Tweed,46 
to Innerleithen, a village! 
resorted to for its mineral'll 
springs, and for rural re¬ 
creations. 


56 

52 

51 

49 

461 


Drummelzier Castle was 
formerly the property of 
the powerful family of 
Tweedie, from whom it 
went to the family of the 
Hays. It is now the pro¬ 
perty of White, Esq. 

There is another road 
from Edinburgh to Moffat 
and Dumfries, which leads 
by the Pentland Hills, 
Glencross, Linton, and 
Broughton villages, and 
joins the other road about 
31 miles from Edinburgh. 
Thedistance between Edin¬ 
burgh and Dumfries by 
this road is 71 miles. 


421 

37 


28 


21 


191 

1 H 

H 


Eddleston vill. 

PEEBLES. 

-*$0 cr. Lvne Wat. 
Stobo Kirk. 
Stobo Castle, 

G. Montgomery, Bart. 

New Posso, 
Broughton vill. 
Drummelzier Kirk. 
Crook Inn. 
Bield. 

Tweed Shaws. 

■£$4} cr. Annan. 
MOFFAT. 
Beatock Inn. 
Kirkpatrick Juxta. 


£ c 

23 


ON LEFT FROM EDIN. 


2 

3 

H 

5 

6 


10 

11 

12 

13 

14 


18 

22 

23 

25 

271 

28 

29 ^ 

311 

37 

46 

48 

53 


At a little distance, the 
ruins of CraigmillarCastle 

Gracemount, Mrs. Hay. 

St. Catherine’s. 

Near Straiton was fought 
the second of three con¬ 
flicts which took place in 
one day in 1302, styled the 
battle of Roslin. 

Drvden House, G. Mer¬ 
cer, Esq. 

Built as a depot for 
French prisoners during 
the late war, now occu 
pied as barracks. 

Pass through a consider¬ 
able tract of moorish 
country. 


Harcus Cottage, Mac¬ 
kenzie, Esq. of Portmore. 

On the left Nidpath 
Castle, nearly in ruins, a 
most romantic situation. 

Barns, Forrester, Esq. 

Across the Tweed, the 
Vale of Manor, in which 
lived David Ritchie, the 
original of the Black 
Dwarf. 

Oliver Castle ruins. 

PolmoodHouse, Captain 
Forbes. 

The remarkable hollow 
called the Devil’s Beef- 
stand. 

Moffat is a pleasant 
Itown, noted for its medi- 
-54^ cinal waters. Population 
561 about 1400. 

1 Amisfield is the seat of 


cr Water 47 C 71 1 , -Amisfield is the seat of 
i •* c , frr i°' * the an cient family of Char- 

Amisheld House, | teris. 
with the old ruined tower fiQ 
of Amisfield. I 

Tinwald Kirk. 

DUMFRIES. 

[Inns .-—King’s Arms; 

Commercial.] 

Dumfries was made a royal burgh in the thirteenth century. It contains few monn 
ments of antiquity, except an excellent bridge of three arches, which has stood for nearly 
6()0 years. The most in eresting circumstance connected with Dumfries is its having been 
the residence and burial-place of Burns. St. Michael’s church-yard contains an extra¬ 
ordinary number of tronu ments of fine proportions and decorations. Dumfries unites with 
Annan, Kirkcudbright, Lochmaben, and Sanquhar, in returning a Member of Parliament 


71 

74 


! Tinwald was the birth- 
[place of Paterson, the pro¬ 
jector of the banks of Eng¬ 
land and Scotland, and 
like wise of the Scottish ex¬ 
pedition to Darien. 




















47 

VII. EDINBURGH.—MID CALDER.—STRATHAVEN.—GALSTON.— 
KILMARNOCK.—AYR.—72 Miles. 


ON RIGHT FROM EDIN. 


Near Merchiston Ho., 
Walker, Esq. 

Saughton Hall, Baird, 
Bart. 

Saughton, Watson, Esq. 


Hatton, Captain David¬ 
son ; formerly a resi¬ 
dence of the Lauderdale 
family. 

The Church of Mid 
Calder is a fine specimen 
of an old parochial place 
of worship in the Gothic 
style. The father of Arch 


of Calder. 


A new road leads from 


Bridge ; another road, 
somewhat less direct, 1 
by Hamilton. The 
mer is used by the stage 
coaches to Ayr. 


the scene of a conflict be¬ 
tween that hero and a party 
of English. 

A mile and a half to the 
right is Drumclog, the 
scene of the battle of that 
name, in May 1679, in 
which CJaverhouse was de¬ 
feated by the Covenanters. 

Loudon Castle, the mag¬ 
nificent seat of the Mar¬ 
quis of Hastings. 


H 

EDINBURGH. 

£ c 




fa % 

Leave the city by PrincesSt. 

faW 

69| 

Gorgie Mills, 
cr. Wat. of Leith. 
Loanend. 

1 

2 

66 

Long Hermandston 
vill. 

6 

64 

Addiston. ) Earl of 


631 

Dalmahoy. / Morton. 
4=^3 cr. Gogar Burn. 

'i 

63 

Burn Wynd Inn. 

9 

61| 

Wester Cocksiedean. 
East Calder. 


60 

MID CALDER. 

From Mid Calder pro¬ 
ceeds also the southern 
line of road to Glasgow. 
See No. XlV. 
jfgxy cr. Almond Wat. 

12 

55^ 

West Calder vill. 

Here commences an ex¬ 
tensive moor, unenlivened 
by any object of interest. 
At length, after passing 
near the extensive iron 
work of Shotts, the road 
begins to descend by the 
minor vale of Calder into 
the valley of the Clyde. 

161 

44 

Allan ton. 

Lady Seton Stuart. 

28 

43 

Bonkill. 

29 

42 

Newmains Inn. 

On left of Garion Bridge 
the vill. of Dalserf. 

Stonehouse vill. 

30 

32 

STRATHAVEN. 

40 

22 

Priestland. 

50 

21 

Darvel vill. 

51 

17 

Newmills vill. 

GALSTON. 

55 

12 

KILMARNOCK. 

60 

11 

cr. Irvine Water, 
and pass through 

Riccarton vill. 

61 

7 

Symington Kirk. 

65 

4 

Monkton vill. 

68 

2| 

Priestwick vill. 

69J 

AYR. 

72 


Close to Mid Calder is 
Calder House, the seat of 
Lord Torphichen, where 
John Knox preached, and 
where the only authentic 
portrait of him exists. The 
scenery around Mid Calder 
is of a very romantic de¬ 
scription. 


ON LEFT FROM EDIN. 


Dairy House, Walker, 
Esq. 


Riccarton, Sir James 
Gibson-Craig, Bart. 


The road now passes over 
a long tract of moorish 
land, enlivened only by the 
towering form of Loudon 
Hill, where Ayrshire is 
entered. 

The more direct road to 
Ayr from this point, leads 
by Fail and St. Quivox, 
saving two miles. 

Kilmarnock is eminent 
as a seat of various bran¬ 
ches of woollen manufac¬ 
ture. It now rivals Kid¬ 
derminster in the manu¬ 
facture of carpets. The 
cotton manufacture has 
also been introduced with 
marked success, and the 
town now produces shawls, 
gauzes, and muslins of the 
finest quality. The exter¬ 
nal appearance of Kilmar¬ 
nock is very pleasing. 















48 

VIII. EDINBURGH.-CARNWATH.—DO UGLAS MILL.—CUMNOCK.— AYR.—763 Mi. 


ON RIGHT FROM EDIN. 


Merchiston Castle, 


Baberton, Christie. Char¬ 
les X. and his family occu¬ 
pied this house for some 
time as shooting quarters. 


At a little distance, Ric- 
carton, Gibson-Craig, Bart. 

Malleny, C. G. Scott. 

Dalmahoy Crags, 866 feet 
above the sea. 

Meadowbank, Macono- 
chie, Lord Meadowbank. 


Stf 

s 


Camwath Ho., Sir N. 
M. Lockhart, Bart. 


Here was the original 
seat of the family of Doug¬ 
las. In the vicinity of the 
town stands DouglasCastle, 
a seat of Lord Douglas. A 
part of the old church is 
still kept in repair, on ac¬ 
count of the monuments in 
it and the burying vault. 


Cumnock is celebrated 
for the manufacture of 
those curious little cabinets 
known by the name of Cum 
nock snuff-boxes. 


7 Of 
69 
65| 
64| 

621 
611 
591 


541 
51f 
481 

47| 


44 f 

38£ 

36£ 


251 


20f 

1 H 
9f 


«3 

43 


EDINBURGH. 

Leave the city by the 
Lothian Road and Port- 
Hopetoun. 

Pass under the Union 
Canal aqueduct and 
Railway viaduct. 
Slateford vill. 


Currie vill. 
Ravelrig. 

Little Vantage Inn. 
Morton Castle Ruins. 

Causewayend Inn. 
^3 cr. Linhouse W at. 
Crosswood Hill, 
cr. Dryburn Burn. 
-£$0 cr. Med wen Wat. 
Camwath vill. 
Carstairs vill. 
Ravenstruther Toll, 
cr. Clyde. 

Hyndford Bridge Inn. 

Hecklebirny. 

Douglas Mill Inn. 

Douglas. 

cr. Douglas Wat. 

Muirkirk. 

Muirmill Bridge. 

^0 cr. Ayr Wat. 
CUMNOCK. 

[Inns :—The Clydesdale 
Arms.] 

Ochiltree, 
cr. Burnock Wat. 
Drongan House. 

cr. Kyle Wat. 
Shaw wood. 

AYR. 


is 

u 


73 
i 3 

11 

12 

14 

15 

174 

22 

25 

281 

291 


32 

351 

381 

401 


51 


56 

614 

67 


71 

72f 

75* 

76f 


ON LEFT FROM EDIN. 


Craig Ho., Gordon 


The Caledonian Rail¬ 
way viaduct crosses the 
aqueduct of the Union 
Canal here. 

At a little distance on 
the left, Colinton village. 

Lennox Tower in ruins, 
on a fine situation, com- 
mandingan extensive view. 
It has been a place of great 
strength. 


Easter Colzium, Linn ing, 
Esq. 

For many miles before 
and after this point, the 
road passes over a dismal 
moor. 

Kersewell, Capt. Ber¬ 
tram. 

Carstairs Ho., Monteith, 
Esq. 

At the distance of 2J 
miles is Lanark, an ancient 
royal burgh ; population of 
the parish 7672. The falls 
of the Clyde at Bonnington 
and Cora are about 2 miles 
from Lanark, approached 
by a road leading through 
New Lanark village, where 
the celebrated cotton mills, 
formerly conducted by Mr. 
Robert Owen, are to be 
seen. 

Between Cumnock and 
Muirkirk lies the extensive 
morass denominated Aird’s 
Moss, where, on July 20, 
1680, a skirmish took place 
between a bodyofdragoons, 
commanded by Bruce of 
Earlshall, and. sixty-six 
Covenanters, under the 
conduct of Hackstoun of 
Rathillet and Mr. Richard 
Cameron. 





















49 


IX.—EDINBURGH.—MID CALDER.—KIRK OF SHOTTS.—HOLYTOWN — 
GLASGOW.- 44 Miles. 


ON RIGHT FROM ED IN. 


Polkemmet House, Bail- 
lie, Bart. ; remarkable for 
the quantities of tame inj 
the neighbourhood. 


Lachup House, Robert¬ 
son, Esq. 

Woodhall, Campbell of f 
Shawfield. 


Tollcross Ho., Dunlop, 
Esq. 

Jeanfield, Finlayson,Esq. 

Newlands and Borrow- 
field Houses, Hozier, Esq. 


g 1 

EDINBURGH. 

g a 

2 f 

For a description of the 
road from Edinburgh to 
Mid Calder, see No. VII. 

Howden. 

2 '■3 

Cs, -2 

O 


32 

12 

29 

261 

Kirk Livingston. 
Cowsland. 
Seafield. 

15 

i n 

i«i 

25J 

25 

Blackburn. 

Lathbrae. 

19 

24 

Swan Inn. 

20 

23 

Whitburn vill. 

21 

22 

Half-way-house. 

22 

19 

Badweather. 

25 

17 

Kirk of Shotts Inn. 

27 

13s 

11 

Newhouse Inn. 

HOLYTOWN, 
Where a road turns off to 
Hamilton. 

cr. Shirle Water. 

30| 

33 

9 

Bellshill vill. 

35 

2| 

cr. Calder AVat. 
Tollcross vill. 

41* 

14 

Parkhead. 

Camlachie. 

GLASGOW. 

424 

44 


ON LEFT FROM EDIN. 


Here the traveller is on 
the highest ground between 
the Forth and Clyde in 
this direction. 


One mile to the left,are the 
Clyde Iron Works, where 
12,500 bars of iron were 
produced in 1035, a greater 
amount than the aggregate 
production of any other 
work in Scotland. 


X.—EDINBURGH.—LINLITHGOW.-FALKIRK.—CUMBERNAULD. 

GOW.—463 Miles. 


-GLAS- 


ON RIGHT FROM EDIN. 


Larbert Ho., Stirling, 
Bart. 

Dunipace, Spottiswoode, 
Esq. 

Underwood House. 

Knowhead Ho., Patrick, 
Esq. 

Castle Cary House. 

Cumbernauld House, 
John E. Fleming, Esq. 

Dunbeath Towerin ruins, 
once the property of the 
Kilmarnock family. 

Frankfield Ho., Millar, 
Esq. 

Rosemount Ho., Millar, 
Esq. 

Garnkirk, Sprott, Esq. 

RiddryPark, MissProvan. 


is 

s © 

£ bO 

o CO 

r u a 
O 


141 


9| 

H 

2| 


EDINBURGH. 

For a description of the 
road between Edinburgh 
and Falkirk, see No. V. 

Camelon. 

Cumbernauld Inn. 
cr. Bonny Wat. 

CUMBERNAULD, 
er. Logie Water. 
Bedlay Inn. 
Christon vill. 
Frankfield House. 

Provan Mill. 

JgSg cr. Monkland 
Canal. 
GLASGOW. 


S S 

2;q 


26 


321 

37 

m 

421 

44 


4 6| 


ON LEFT FROM EDIN. 


Mercliiston Hall. 

Woodside Ho., Russell, 
Esq. 

Bankhead Ho., Cuthill, 
Esq. 

MayothillHo., Graham, 
Esq. 

Frankfield Loch. 

Kennyhill Ho., Stewart, 
Esq. 

Whitehill Ho., Graham, 
Esq. 

Dunchattan and Cudbear 
Manufactories. 

Broom Park. 
































50 


XI.- EDINBURGH.—UPHALL.—BATHGATE.—AIRDRIE.—GLASGOW.—42| Miles. 


ON RIGHT FROM EDIN. 


Murrayfield, W. Murray, 
Eso. 

Beechwood, Dundas, 
Bart. 

Corstorphine House, 
Keith, Bart. 

Clermiston, Paterson, 
Esq. 

Gogar House, Ramsay, 
Esq. 

Ingliston, Gibson, Esq. 

Newliston, James Hog, 
Esq., once the seat of the 
great Earl of Stair. 


Kirkhill, the ancient 
family seat of the Earl of 
Buchan. 


E I 

O 6C 


37 3 


363 


361 


351 


32| 


InUphall Kirk lie interred 
snry Erskii 
Erskine, his 


and Lord 
brother. 


A burgh of barony, sup¬ 
ported mostly by weaving, 
and partly by the adjacent 
coal and lime works. 

Bedlormie, Livingstone, 
Bart. 

Auchingray, Haldane, 
Esq. 

The road is here skirted 
by a fine sheet of water, 
from which the Canal is 
supplied. 

Woodhall, Campbell of 
Shawfield. 

Airdrie is a thriving mo¬ 
dern town, which has been 
called into existence chiefly 
by the neighbouring iron 
works and collieries. It ia 
situated between two rivu¬ 
lets on a rising ground, and 
is a handsomely built town. 
The parish of New Monk- 
land, in which Airdrie is 
situated, contains 9867 in¬ 
habitants. 

Summerlce House, M 
Braire, Esq. 

Bailliestoun Ho., Max¬ 
well, Esq. 

Mount Vernon, Buch- 
annan. Esq. 


31 f 
30f 


24f 

20 | 


18f 


13f 


103 

91 

n 

63 

3 


EDINBURGH. 

Leave the city by PrincesSt 

For 4J miles the road is 
the same as in No. V. 

North Guile. 

Nether Gogar. 

cr. Gogar Burn. 
Mount Gogar. 

Golf Hall. 
Middle Norton, 
cr. Almond Wat 

cr. Broxburn. 

Broxburn. 

UPHALL. 

West Mains. 

BATHGATE. 

Armadale Inn. 
cr. Craigs Water. 
West Craigs Inn. 
Auchingray. 
Blackrig. 

Pass Calder Water. 
Clerkston vill. 


S a 
2'-3 


5 

6 

64 


ON LEFT FROM EDIN. 


AIRDRIE. 

[Inns: —Drummond’s.] 
Cairnhall. 

Longloan. 

Drumpellier. 

Shettlestone. 

Joins the Mid Calder road. 

Camlachie. 
GLASGOW. 


10 


11 

12 


18 

22 

24 

29 

32 

331 

35 

36 
39f 

42 


Rosebery House, Bal 
four. Esq. 

Saughton House, Lady 
Aberdour. 

Milburn Tower. 

Gogar Camp, Osborne, 
Esq. 


Wardlaw, Esq. 

Norton House, Norton, 
Esq. 


Clifton Hall, Sir A. Gibson 
Maitland, Bart. 


Middleton, 
Esq. 

Ho 


Maxwell, 


ouston, Shairp, Esq. 
Robert Bruce gave the 
barony of Bathgate as a 
portion with his daughter 
Marjory, who married 
Walter, the High Steward, 
in 1315. Walter died at 
his castle here, the remains 
of which are still pointed 
out. 

The country is here gen¬ 
erally a moorish upland, 
variegated by few objects. 

Moffat Hills in the south. 

Airdrie Place, Miss 
Mitchclson. 


Drumpellier Ho., Buch- 
annan, Esq. 

Barracknie, Hamilton, 
Esq. 

Glenduff Hill, Tod, Esq. 
Larch Grove, Scott, Esq. 
Wellhouse, Millar, Esq. 
Greenfield, M‘Nairn, Esq. 
Carntyne House, Gray, 
Esq. 
















51 


XIL—EDINBURGH.—QUEENSFERRY—INVERKEITHING.—KINROSS.— 

PERTH. — 44 Miles. 


OX RIGHT FROM EDINB. 


an 

2 Ss 

fa* 


St Bernard’s Well. 

Dean House, Sir J. Nisbet. 
Craigleith Park, Bonar, Esq. 
Craigleith Quarry. 


Barn ton, W. R. Ramsay, 
Esq. 

Village of Cramond on the 
shore to the right. 

Dalmeny Park, Earl of Rose¬ 
bery. 

A little to the south are the 
ruins of Dundas Castle, a build¬ 
ing of great antiquity, which 
has been in the Dundas family 
upwards of 700 years. 

Donnibrissel Ho. Earl of Moray 
was the scene, in 1592, of the 
murder of the Earl of Moray by 
the Marquis of Huntly. This 
melancholy event is commemo¬ 
rated in the ballad of “The 
bonnie Erie of Moray." 

Fordel, Co ! onel M OTOO’\ 
Lochgelly, Earl of Minto. 
Lochore, Lady Scott. 


Burleigh Castle. 

Kinross is situated on the 
beautiful banks of Lochleven. 
Lochleven Castle, remarkable 
for its great antiquity, and as 
being the place where Queen 
Mary was imprisoned. The 
trout produced in Lochleven 
are of acknowledged excellence. 


40 

39 


35 


33f 


EDINBURGH. 

Leave Edinburgh by 
Queensferry road. 


cr. Water of Leith by 
Dean Bridge, a superb edi¬ 
fice of four arches, each 90 
feet in span. 

Barn ton. 

cr. Almond by Cra- 
mond Bridge. 
Hawes Inn. 
QUEENSFERRY. 
Cross Ferry. 

North Queensferry Inn. 


G4 

O p 


31f 

27 


25 


19 


17 

15 

HI 


INVERKEITHING. 

Crossgates. 

Cowden Death Inn. 
cr. Orr. 

cr. Kelty Water. 
Benarty Hill. 
Gaimey Bridge hamlet. 


KINROSS. 
Population, 2017. 
Milnathort. 

Damhead Inn. 

Glen-Farg. 

Beild Inn. 

Bridge of Earn. 

Moncrieffe Hill, 

On whose shoulder the tra¬ 
veller first comes in sight 
of Perth. 

PERTH. 


OX LEPT FROM EDINB. 


The old road passes between 
John Watson's Hospital, and 
the Orphan Hospital; both 
buildings of great elegance. 

Ravelston,Lady Murray Keith. 
Craigcrook, Lord Jeffrey. 
Craigiehall, Hope Vere, Esq. 
Dalmeny Kirk. 


Queensferry was erected into 
a royal burgh by Malcolm Can- 
Imore, and derived its name 
lO^ from Margaret his Queen, sis¬ 
ter of Edgar Atheling. Here 
are the ruins of a monastery of 
Carmelite Friars, erected m 
1330. 

A very ancient royal burgh, 
erected, it is said, by William 
the Lion. The bay is large and 
safe. Great quantities of coal 
and salt are annually exported 
here. 


Kirk of Beath. 

Mary burgh, the birth-place 
of the two brothers Adam, the 
distinguished architects. 

Blair-Adam, Sir C. Adam, 
long the seat of the Lord Chief 
Commissioner Adam, who did 
much for the improvement of 
the grounds. 


12i 

4 2 

17 

19 


25 


27 


29 

32f 


40 


The road now enters Glen- 
farg, a beautiftil little valley, 
enclosed by the Ochils. To the 
right Abernethy, the capital of 
the Pictish kingdom. 

In the neighbourhood of 
Bridge of Earn is Pitcaithly 
Well, celebrated for ita medi¬ 
cinal waters. 


44 


Perth is one of the handsomest and most ancient towns in Scotland. It is beautifully situated on the 
west bank of the Tay, having the spacious plains of the North and South Inches extending on each side 
On account of its importance, and its vicinity to the royal Palace of Scone, it was long considered the 
capital of Scotland, before Edinburgh acquired that distinction. Here, too, the Parliaments and national 
assemblies were held, and many of the nobility took up their res' ience. A splendid bridge of ten arches, 
and 900 feet in length, leads across the Tay to the north. Perth contains several beautiful streets and 
terraces, and a number of splendid public buildings. It is peculiarly rich in objects of historic and pic¬ 
turesque interest. Of Gowrie House, the scene of a well known mysterious incident in Scottish history, 
most unfortunately not a vestige remains. In Blackfriars Monastery, which once stood at the north 
side of the town, James I. was assassinated by a band of conspirators. The principal and oldest public 
buKiing is St John’s Church, in which the demolitions of the Reformation commenced, in consequence 
of a sermon preached by John Knox. 





























52 


XIII.—PERTH.—CUPAR-ANGUS—FORFAR.—BRECHIN.—STONEHAVEN.— 

67 Miles. 


ON RIGHT FROM PERTH. 


65| 


Dunsinnane Hill, on the 
top of which the circum- 
vallations of what is said 
to have been Macbeth’s 
Castle may still be traced. 
It commands an extensive 
view. 


61f 

60 ^ 


Belonging to Lord Wil¬ 
loughby D’Eresby. 

Cupar-Angus is a neat 
town of about 6000 inhabi¬ 
tants, situated on the bor¬ 
der of Forfarshire, and 
partly within Perthshire. 

Belmont Castle, Lord 
Wharncliffe. 


57 

54 

50i 


Meigle is remarkable on 
account of some very an¬ 
tique monuments in the 
church-yard, which the 
common people assert to 
denote the grave of Queen 
Vanore, the wife of King 
Arthur. The stones bear 
a variety of hieroglyphical 
figures with representa¬ 
tions of animals and men. 

Forfar, the county town 
of Forfarshire has a plea¬ 
sant appearance. It is a 
burgh of great antiquity, 
and was a royal residence 
in the time of Malcolm 
Canmore. About a mile 
to the east of Forfar stand 
the ruins of the ancient 
Priory of Restennet, one 
of the three churches 
founded in Scotland by 
Boniface at the beginning 
of the 7th century. 

The ancient royal burgh 
of Brechin is romantically 
situated on some high 
ground overhanging the 
north bank of the South 
Esk. The Cathedral was 
a stately Gothic fabric 166 
feet in length and 61 b’-oad. 
Brechin was one of the 
seats of the Culdees. (Bre¬ 
chin Castle, the seat of 
Lord Panmure is in the 
immediate neighbourhood 
of the town.) Population 
650P- 


48 
43 § 

41 * 


36 

30 


OKS 

23 h 
22 
20 
18 * 

13 


PERTH. 

M 

S £ 

Leave Perth by Bridgend. 


Pass through Scone 
vill. 

2 

St. Martin’s vill. 

5* 

Dunsinnane_Nairn. 

The road now passes 
through the valley of 
Strathmore, having on the 
right the Sidlaw Hills, on 
the left the Grampians. 

6J 

Burrelton vill. 

H 

CUPAR-ANGUS. 
[Inns :— The Defiance.] 

13 

Junction of the Isla 

and Ericht. 

16i 

Meigle vill. 

19 

Essie Kirk. 

23! 

Glammis vil. 

251 

FORFAR. 

Popularly denominated 
“Brosie Forfar.” 

31 

Finhaven Castle 
ruins. 

cr . South Esk. 

37 

Cariston. 

41* 

BRECHIN. 

43| 

Keithock Hall-Know. 

45 

Strickathrow vill. 

47 

North Esk 
Bridge. 

48f 

Laurencekirk vill. 

54 

STONEHAVEN. 
Thence to Aberdeen, 
as No. XV. 

67 


ON LEFT FROM PERTH. 


Scone Palace, Earl of 
Mansfield. It is a heavy 
modern building, occupy¬ 
ing the site of the ancient 
palace, where the kings of 
Scotland at an early period 
used to be crowned. In 
the modem house much of 
the old furniture has been 
preserved. At the north 
side of the house is a small 
eminence said to have been 
composed of earth from 
the estates of the different 
barons who here attended 
the early kings. About 50 
yards from the house there 
is an old aisle, the last re¬ 
maining portion of the Ab¬ 
bey of Scone. 

Kinloch—Kinloch, Esq. 
Here is obtained a fine 
view of Strathmore. 


The celebrated Castle of 
Glammis, the seat of the 
Earl of Strathmore, is si¬ 
tuated within a park of 160 
acres. It is an edifice of 
princely and antique ap¬ 
pearance. Glammis was 
the scene of the murder of 
Malcolm II. in 1034. The 
armoury contains a vast 
assortment of ancient ar¬ 
mour. The rooms contain 
about 100 portraits of great 
value. The view to be ob¬ 
tained from the leads of 
the Castle is splendid and 
extensive. 

Finliaven Castle, the 
once magnificent residence 
of the powerful family of 
Lindsay, is an object much 
visited by tourists. 


In the church-yard of 
Strickathrow King John 
Baliol was divested, by 
command of Edward I. of 
all the ensigns of royalty. 

Laurencekirk was the 
birth place of Dr. Beattie. 
The illustrious Ruddiman 
was once schoolmaster 
there. The town is re¬ 
markable for a manufac¬ 
ture of snuff-boxes. 






















53 


XIV.—PERTH.—DUNKELD.—BLAIR ATHOLL.—INVERNESS.—112 Miles. 


ON RIGHT FROM PERTH. 


Balhoiisie. 

Luncarty Bleachfield, 
near which is the scene of 
the battle of Luncarty, be¬ 
tween the Scots anil the 
Danes. 

Near Stanley Mills, cele¬ 
brated for their enormous 
wheels, and the Linn of 
Campsie. 

Another road parts off 
directly east to Blairgowrie. 
The present route passes 
for some miles along the 
east bank of the Tay. 

Dunkeld is a place of 
gTeat antiquity, and was 
at one time the capital of 
ancient Caledonia. One of 
the principal objects of 
curiosity here, is the ruined 
Cathedral. It must have 
been a fine pile of building. 
The architecture is partly 
Gothic, partly Saxon. 

The road now enters the 
passofKilliecrankie,a nar¬ 
row glen, at the bottom of 
which runs the Tummel 
water. 

The vale of the Tilt is cele¬ 
brated for its fine scenery, 
and for geological wonders. 
At the Bridge of Tilt is an 
excellent inn. 

The noble old Castle of 
Blair, (Duke of Atholl,) is 
in the neighbourhood. 

About two miles from 
Blair Atholl, the road 
crosses the Bruar, where 
that river makes a series 
of cascades, which enjoy 
extensive celebrity. 

Near Etrish there is a 
beautiful waterfall. 

Across the Spey, ruins of 
Ruthven Castle and Bar¬ 
racks, destroyed 1 y the 
Highlanders in 1746/ 

Across Spev, Invereshie, 
Sir Geo. M‘Pherson Grant 
of Ballindalloch. 
Rothiemurclius, Sir J. P. 
Grant. 

Opposite Aviemore is 
Cairngorm Hill. 

Near Moy Hall, M‘In- 
tosh of MMntosh. Here 
Prince Charles Stuart was 
nearly taken by surprise in 
February 1746. 


PERTH. 

E£ 

o E 

Leave Perth by the North 


Inch. 


Palace of Scone. 

oi 

"2 

cr. Almond Wat. 
cr. ShochieWat. 

3 

New Inn. 

6 

Auchtergaven vill. 

9 

Murthly Castle. 
-Stewart, Bart.) 

12 

Little Dunkeld. 
cr. the river Tay. 


DUNKELD. 

14 

Dunkeld Ho., Duke of Atholl. 

Dowally Kirk. 

19 

Near Dalguise Ho., Stew¬ 
art, Esq. 

20 

Kinnaird Plouse. 
Logierait, where Prince 

224 

Charles kept the prisoners 
whom he had taken at 
Prestonpans. 


Moulinearn Inn. 
E'askally, Butter, Esq. 

28 

Lude, M‘Inroy, Esq. 

8 O 4 

cr. the Tilt Wat. 

33 

BLAIR ATHOLL. 

35 

The road now passes 


through a wild Alpine 
territory, almost to Inver- 


ness. 

Dalnacardoch Inn. 

424 

Dalnaspidal. 

444 

cr. Edendon Wat. 
Enter Inverness-shire. 


Drumochter Forest. 

Dalwhinnie Inn. 

In front is Ben Chruben. 

554 

62 

Etrish. 

i??® cr. Truim Wat. 

66 

Bridge of Spey. 

Newton of Benchar. 

661 

Pitmain. 

681 

Kingussie Kirk & vill. 

70 

Kin craig, 

75 

Built on the site of an 


ancient monastery. 
Aviemore Inn. 

911 

J19® cr. the Dolnain. 

99 

Freeburn Inn. 


Daviot Kirk. 

106 

INVERNESS. 

112 


es £ 
0 


1091 

109 


106 

103 

100 


98 

93 

92 


9 Of 
84 
81* 
77 


691 


671 


56| 

50 


46 


431 

42 

37 


201 


13 

6 


ON LEFT FROM PERTH. 


Tulloch Printfield. 

Earl of Mansfield. 

Feu House,— Nicol, Esq. 
Near Birnam Hill and 
lirnam Road. 

The walks through the 
olicies of Dunkeld are 


From this point a road 


Eight miles above Dun¬ 
keld the united waters of 
the Tummel and Garry 
fall into the Tay. 

The site of Faskally is of 
a peculiarly romantic cha¬ 
racter. It stands at the 
junction of three deep and 
confined valleys, and is en¬ 
circled on all sides by di¬ 
verging mountains. 

In front, on the ascent to 
Urrard House, is the scene 
of the battle of Killie- 
crankie, fought July 26, 
1689, between the High¬ 
landers under Dundee, and 
the forces of King William 
under*Mackay, the former 
being killed, and the lat¬ 
ter defeated. 

From Dalwhinnie the 
mountain of Benalder 
may be seen, situated on 
the north side of Loch 
Ericht. 

Here a road parts off by 
Laggan and Garvamore, 
and over the difficult hill 
of Corriarrack to Fort 
Augustus. 

Brom Pitmain may be 
seen the rocky barrier of 
Craig Dhu towards tbe 
west, the gathering-place 
of the M'Phersous. 

Belville, the seat of 
M'Pherson, the translator 
of Ossian, now possessed 
by Miss M‘Pherson. 

Inverness is a royal burgh of 
the first reformed class, joining 
with Forres, Fortrose, and 
Naim in electing a Member of 
Parliament. Population 14,334. 
Inverness is considered the 
capital of the Highlands, being 
the only town of importance 
beyond Aberdeen. 





















54 

XV. EDINBURGH.—KIRKALDY.—CUPAR.—DUNDEE.—ARBROATH.—STONE¬ 
HAVEN.—ABERDEEN.—10.91 Miles. 


ON RIGHT FROM EDIN. 


c g 

if 

EDINBURGH. 

£ a 
£3 


Granton to Burntisland 

fe W 

< 

bv steam-boat. 



At the east end of the 
town Raven scraig Castle in 
ruins, formerly the seat of 
the family of St. Clair. 

Near Markinch Kirk, 
where General Leslie, 
the leader of the Cove¬ 
nanting army, lies interred. 
Cults Kirk. Cults Manse, 
the birth place of Sir 
David Wilkie, R.A. 


The Mount, the patri¬ 
monial estate of Sir David 
Lindsay, is about four miles 
to the west of Cupar, but 
no old buildingexists at the 
place. 


Dundee is the chief seat 
of the linen manufacture 
in Britain, and one of the 
most prosperous towns in 
the empire. The principal 
objects are the Town Hall, 
Exchange Reading Rooms, 
(open to strangers,) Aca¬ 
demy, the Howf or Bury¬ 
ing Ground, the Tower of 
the old Church, and the 
Law, from which a most 
extensive view is to be se en. 


Ethie, Earl of Northesk. 

The road, forsomemiles, 
passes near the sea coast. 

Kaim of Mathers, Adam. 

Ruins of Dunn otar Castl e. 
Dunnotar was built by an 
ancestor of the Marischal 
family about the time of 
the contest between Bruce 
and Baliol. Before the use 
of fire arms, it was con¬ 
sidered as almost impreg¬ 
nable, and was used as the 
deposit of the Regalia of 
Scotland, to preserve them 
from the English army un 
der Cromwell, in 1651. 


1001 

931 

97J 

951 

89a 


871 

851 


841 


791 

76 

751 


691 

651 

54i 


501 

441 


37i 


° 

28 i 

241 


11 


Kinghorn. 
KIRKALDY. 
Pathhead vill. 
Galatown. 

cr. Leven Wat. 

New Inn 
Kettle vill. 

Pitlessie. 

j§^) cr. Eden Wat. 

CUPAR. 

[Inns: —M'Nab’s; Albert 
Inn; Parke’s Com¬ 
mercial ; Blue Bell.] 

St. Michael’s Inn. 
Newport, 

Where embark in a steam¬ 
boat, and cross the Tay to 

DUNDEE, 
cr. Dighty Wat. 
Muirdrum vill. 
Panbride Kirk, 
cr. Elliot Wat. 
ARBROATH. 
Chance Inn. 

JgSg cr. Lunan at 
Lunan Kirk, 
cr. South Esk to 
MONTROSE, 
cr. North Esk. 
St. Cyrus Kirk. 

Johnshaven. 

INVERBERVIE. 

cr. Bervie Wat. 

STONEHAVEN. 

cr. Carron and 
Cowie Waters. 
Muchals House, 
cr. Dee, and enter 
ABERDEEN. 


9 

11 

12 

14 

191 

22 

24 

25 

30 

331 

33f 

37 

40 

42 

44 

55 


59 

65 


71f 


/ 7 
81 

85 


94* 


981 


109J 


ON LEFT FROM EDIN. 


An ancient royal burgh. 
Population of the parish 
2579. 

Raith, Robert Ferguson, 
Esq. M.P. 

LesLe House, Earl of 
Rothes. 

Balbirnie, Gen. Balfour. 

On left, two miles dis¬ 
tant, bye-road to Perth, 
Falkland, and Falkland 
Palace. 

Rankeillour, Maitland 
M'Gill Crichton, Esq. 

Crawford Priory, Earl 
of Glasgow. 

Cupar is ahandsome town, 
of modern and thriving ap¬ 
pearance. The Town Hall 
and County Hall are ele¬ 
gant buildings. An emin¬ 
ence at the east end of the 
town was the site of a for¬ 
tress of considerable impor¬ 
tance, of which no trace 
now exists. i 

Near Cupar, in ruins, 
Airdit Ho., Stewart, Esq. 

Fintry, Graham, Esq. 

The most interesting 
object in Arbroath is the 
venerable ruins of the 
Abbey. It was founded 
by William the Lion, who 
is interred here. 

The rock on which the 
Bell Rock Lighthouse is 
founded, is about 12 miles 
from the shore at Arbroath 

Montrose isa remarkably 
neat, and even handsome 
town. The river is crossed 
by a fine suspension bridge. 

Aberdeen is a large and ele¬ 
gant city of great antiquity, 
possessing many handsome 
streets and splendid public 
buildings. The large propor¬ 
tion of eminent Scotsmen who 
have been produced in this city, 
is very remarkable, and can 
only be attributed to the pre¬ 
sence of its Universities. In 
Old Aberdeen are to be seen the 
remains of the Cathedral. The 
Iscenery in the neighbourhood 
[is remarkably interesting. 

















00 


XVI. INVERNESS—BEAULY—TAIN—WICK—THURSO. 


From 

Thurso. 

INVERNESS. 

Leave Inverness by the 
Bridge over the Ness, and 

From 

Invern. 


cross the Caledonian Ca¬ 
nal. 


173 

Bunchrew, Fraser. 

2 

B 167* 

Ivirkhill Kirk. 

7i 

t 

cr. Beauly river, 


* 165 

and enter BEAULY. 

10 

S 

Enter Ross-shire. 


i 163 

Gilchrist Kirk. 

12 

3 161 
r 

Urray Kirk. 

14 

! 157 

Bridgend vill. 

18 

- 156 

f 

Pitglassie vill. 

19 

r 

;153} 

Dingwall. 

211 

151* 

Ardulie, and 

23i 

150 

145* 

Foulis, Munro, Bart. 
Alness Kirk. 

25 

29i 

141 

Rosskeen Kirk. 

34 

139f 

Invergordon vil. & seaport. 

351, 

138 

Kilmuir Kirk. 

37 

137 

Tarbat House. 

38 

131* 

Knockbrake House. ! 

43J 


ON RIGHT FROM INVERN. 


end of the Canal. 

Phopachy, Fraser. 

Across Beauly Firth, 
Redcastle, the seat of 
Hugh Baillie. 

Near the road, a 
point where it enters 
shire, are two up 
stones, standing in i 
line east and west, y 
mark the scene of a con¬ 
flict between the Frase 
and M‘Kenzies. 

Tarradale, Baillie. 

Hoad to Fortrose. 

Highfield, M'Kenzie. 


tract, is the enorn 
mountain Ben Wyvis. 
Hector Munro of Foulis, 
the proprietor of 


shall so desire. * 


Earls of Ross. 


Culcairn 

Munro. 


and 


ancient seat of the Cro 
marty family, and Coul 
House, M'Kenzie, Bart. 


ON HEFT FROM INVERN. 


Muirtown, Duff. 

Bunchrew, or Bunch- 
rive, was long the resi¬ 
dence of President Forbes. 

Near Auchnagairn, Re- 
lig, Warrenfield, and Fin- 
gask. 

Beaulv, a pleasant vil¬ 
lage, with the ruins of 
Beauly Priory, and at no 
great distance Kilmorack 
waterfalls. Farther up 
the Beauly, Beaufort Cas¬ 
tle, the seat of Lord Lo- 
vat. 

Old House, M'Kenzie. 


Brahan Castle, M‘Ken- 
zie of Seaforth. 

Conon, M‘Kenzie. 


Dingwall was erected 
into a royal burgh by Alex¬ 
ander II. in 1226. Near 
the town are the ruins of 
the ancient residence of 
the Earls of Ross. Near 
the church is an obelisk, 
fifty-six feet high, though 
only six feet at the base. 


Near Tulloch, Davidson 

At the head of Strath- 
etfer, about four miles 
•om Dingwall, there is an 
xcellent and well-fre- 
uented mineral well. 


Leod, Esq. 

Tarbet House was once 
the seat of the Cromarty 
family, and whence the 
first Earl took his first 
title of Viscount Tarbet. 

* The top of Ben Wyvis was never known to be uncovered by snow, till the memorably warm season of 
1826, when it was quite bare. 


There are some fine 
iews of the opposite coast 
irough the Sutors of Cro- 
larty. 

Balnagown Castle, Sir 
!has. Ross, Bart. 

Calrossie, H. R. Ross, 





























56 


INVERNESS to THURSO-tanfinwerf. 


ON RIGHT FROM fNVERN. 


The road from Tain to 
Dornoch is a very singular 
one. The distance between 
the two towns, straight 
across the firth, is only 
four miles. 


The Castle of Lochlin is 
a remarkable building; it 
has stood 500 years. 
Sir George M'Kenzie, (po¬ 
pularly denominated The 
Bloody M'Kenzie,) King’s 
Advocate in the reign of 
Charles II., was born the re. 

Bonar Bridge is a strong 
and magnificent structure, 
composed of iron. It cost 
£14,000. 

NearCreich Church is an 
obelisk, eight feet by four, 
erected in memory of a 
Danish chieftain. Here, 
on the summit of a hill, 
which juts out into the 
firth, is a noted vitrified 
fort, called Dun Creech 


E e 

c - 


128 

126 


TAIN. 

[Intis :—The George; The 
1 Dragon; Balnagown 
Arms.] 

On right Meikle Ferry 
for Dornoch, which, if 
taken, cuts of 19 miles of 
road. 


g. a 

>—I 

47 

49 


125 Edderton Kirk. 


West Fearn. 
Kincardine Inn. 


From Golspie, all the 
way to Brora, the road is 
skirted with neat cottages,! 
surrounded by shrubberies 
and covered with honey-) 
suckle. Brora is one ofj 
the new villages built by 
the Duke of Sutherland.) 
It is situated at the mouth 
'of the river Brora, which 
descends through a vale ) 
of the most romantic and 
savage character. 


118 
116| 

cr. Firth of Dor- 
|noch,by Bonar Bridge. 

115* Bonar Inn. 


103* 


Clashmore Inn. 


100 * 

98 


89| 

83* 


82£ 

81* 

77* 


72 


Dornoch. 

[Inns :—The Sutherland 
Arms.] 

^£*53 cr. Loch Fleet, 
By a stupendous mound, 
built to dam out the sea— 
Cost £9600. The Catlied- 
|ral was fitted up by the late 
Duchess- Countess ofSuth- 
jerland, at an expense of 
J£6000,astheparisnchurch. I 
Golspie vill. 

[Inns :—The Sutherland 
Arms.] 

Brora. 

Kirk of Clyne. 
Kinkradwell. 

Loth Kirk. 


Helmsdale vill. 

[Inns :—The Ross Inn. 

M'Kay’s.] 


ON LEFT FROM INVERN. 


Tain is an irregularly 
built town, with several 
newandhandsomehouses. 
It is situated on the mar¬ 
gin of the Dornoch Firth. 
The ancient church of 
Tain was collegiate, and 
dedicated to St. Duthus. 
James IV. performed pil¬ 
grimage to the shrine of 
5Q this Saint, to whose hon¬ 
our several churches were 
at different times built in 
this place. 

57 Near Fearn, there are 
the ruins of an abbey of 
581 great antiquity, founded 
" |by the first Earl of Ross. 
'Patrick Hamilton, an ab¬ 
bot of this place, was the 
first who suffered in this 
country for the Reformed 
religion. Near the abbey 
is a high square column, 
covered with Saxon cha¬ 
racters. 

Skibo Castle, G. Demp¬ 
ster, Esq. 

Ospisdaie, D. Gilchrist, 
Esq. 


59* 


71 * 


74 * 

77 


85* 

91* 


92* 


93* 


97* 


103 


Dornoch is one of the 
most miserable of our 
royal burghs. It is never¬ 
theless, the county town 
of Sutherland, arid for¬ 
merly was the seat of the 
bishopric of Caithness. 

Dunrobin Castle, the 
seat of the Duke of Suther¬ 
land, occupies an eminent 
site upon the shore, a little 
beyond Golspie, and is 
surrounded by some fine 
old wood, besides exten¬ 
sive modern plantations. 
It is said to have been 
founded in the 13th cen¬ 
tury by one of the earliest 
Earlsof Sutherland. About 
a miie farther on, between 
Ithe road and the beach, 
stands one of those unac¬ 
countable relics of anti¬ 
quity, called Piets Houses. 

! Adjoining Helmsdale, 
are the ruins of a romantic 
old castle, once the seat 
of an extensive proprietor 
of the name of Gordon. 













































57 


INVERNESS to THURSO — Continued . 


ON RIGHT FROM: INTERN. 


high) lie between 
and Berridale, and 
passes over them, bi 
danger. 


the 


hood of Berridale Inn, on 


the Sutherlands of Langwe' 
the ancient Lords of Berridal 
and, according to tradition, 
very gigantic race. 

Dunbeath Castle, J. J. i 
Sinclair, Esq. 


Esq. 

Latheron Kirk. 


Swiney House, 
Lybster village. 


Hemprigg’s House, Rigl 
Honourable Lady Duffus. 
Castle of Oldwick (a ruin.) 


Dunbar, Bart. 


Wick.) 

Keiss Kirk. 


merly the seat of the Mowats. 

Freswick House, J. J. A. 
clair, Esq. 

Brabster House, Sinclair. 


Canisbay Kirk. 

John o' Groat’s House 
Duncansbay Head. 

Barrogil Castle, Lord Caith¬ 
ness. 

Ratter House, G. Trail, Esq. 
Dunnet Kirk. 


Esq., M.P. 


ster, Baronet. 


^ o 


oo 

91 

'fig 

2 £ 


V 

it 

e 

d 

it 

r- 

i 

cr. Berridale water. 

U a) 

fa > 

£ 

a (591 

>f 

if 

1, 

Berridale vill. 
[Inns: —Berridale Inn.] 
J$0 cr. Dunbeath water. 

112f 

a 561 

Dunbeath Inn. 

1181 

l m 

>» 

cr. water of 
Latheronwheel. 

Swiney vill. 

1221 

i. 49f 

[Inns : —Swiney Inn.] 

1251 

48f 

cr. water of 
Lybster. 

126i 

•• 46f 

1281 

* 37f 


1371 

e 351 

1 

cr. water or river 
of Wick. 

139fi 

; m 

cr. water of 
Wester. 

1421 

. 25f 

r 

Nybstcr Inn. 

149i 

4 

’ 28f 

Freswick. 

Prince Albert’s Inn. 

151i i 

«Hl 

00 

rH 

Huna Inn. 

1561 

00 

iHm 

Dunnet Inn. 
Castletown. 
Castletown Inn. 

1661 

1 


1 


THURSO. 

[ Inns Mackay’s ; 
Kelly’s.] 

175 


ON LEFT FROM INVERN. 


Scarabin. 

Maiden Pap. 

Morven. 

Langwell House, Donald 
Horne, Esq., W.S. 


Latheronwheel House, Hon, 
Captain Dunbar. 


Nottingham House, George 
Sutherland, Esq. of Forse. 

Stemster and Rangag Lochs. 
Near the latter is a Druidical 
temple and the Arch-Drui< 
house. 

Bruan Kirk. 

Thrumster House, Robert 


Wick is the principal seat of 


town. Piers and other 


From Wick the mail road to 


Wester House and Loch. 


Castletown Kirk. 

Olrig House James Smith, 

Murkle House. 


Thurso is a burgh of barony, holding of Sir George Sinclair of Ulbster. In the neighbourhood is a highly 
ornamental sfructuro which thVlate Sir John built to the memory of Harrold, Earl of Caithness, who was slain 
and buried on the spot upwards of six centuries ago. The coast to the west increases in terrific wildness and 
grandeur, till it terminates at Cape Wrath. 


E 
























58 


XVII.—GLASGOW.—PAISLEY.—GREENOCK.—LARGS.—KILWINNING.—AYR.— 

72 Miles. 


ON RIGHT FROM GLASGOW. 


Paisley, a celebrated seat 
of manufacturing industry. 
Its Abbey church is a 
magnificent and impres¬ 
sive object. Attached to 
its south side there is a 
small chapel, where it is 
said Marjory, daughter of 
King Robert Bruce, was 
interred. 


Greenock is a large and 
populous seaport town. 
Its situation is remark¬ 
ably beautiful. 

Gourock, much fre¬ 
quented in summer for 
sea-bathing. 


Largs stands on a beau¬ 
tiful plain, surrounded by 
mountains on the land 
side. Near this place, in 
1263, in the reign of Alex¬ 
ander III., was fought the 
battle of Largs between 
the Scots and Danes. 

Ruins of Portincross 
Castle. 


g >> 


70 

69 


641 


61 


581 


58 


53| 


49i 


461 


431 


401 


381 


321 


32 


29 f 


26| 


GLASGOW. 


Leave Glasgow by the New 
Bridge, and pass through 
Tradestown. 


PAISLEY. 


Johnston vill. where 
cr. Black Cart 
River. 

Kilbarchan vill. 


Bridge of Weir; where 
cr. Gryfe Water. 


Kilmalcolm vill. 
Port Glasgow. 
GREENOCK. 
Gourock. 


2211 


251 


Innerkip vill. 
cr. Kelly Water, 
cr. Nodle Water. 


LARGS. 


20 

181 


Kilwinning is remark-]. 
able as the first settle-] 
ment of Free Masons ini 
Scotland. ! 

11 


Fairley, 
cr. Rye Water. 
West Kilbride. 
Ardrossan. 
Saltcoats. 
KILWINNING. 

4^2) cr. Garnoch Wat. 
Irvine. 

^0 cr. Irvine Water, 


El 


£ » 

fc, rj 


7a 

' 4 


11 


131 


14 


183 


O.V LEFT FROM GLASGOW. 


Parkhouse,Walkinshaw, 

Esq. 

Cardonald, Lord Blan- 
tyre. 

Crookston Castle in 
ruins. A place deriving 
interest from its connexion 
with Queen Mary. 


A thriving village, en¬ 
gaged in the cotton manu¬ 
facture. 

The course of the Gryfe, 
to its junction with the 
Cart, is a tract of beautiful 
scenery. 


284 


3U 


331 


Port-Glasgow, a sea¬ 
port erected by the mer¬ 
chants of Glasgow for 
their shipping, before the 
deepening of the river. 
On the shore is Newark 
Castle. 


391 


Near Innerkip, Ard- 
gowan, Shaw Stewart, 
Bart., and Kelly, Wal¬ 
lace, Esq. 


40 


Brisbane Ho., Brisbane, 
Bart. 

Kelburn Ho., Earl of 
191 !Glasgow. 

■*^4 Fairley Castle in ruins. 


46| 


52 


Ruins 

Castle. 


of Ardrossan. 


Ardrossan, a large 
eqi town, with a good har- 
* - bour. 


58 


61 


Monkton. 

AYR. 


i 69 

172 


Eglinton Castle, Earl of 
Eglinton ; a splendid 
structure. 

1 Irvine was the birth-place 
of John Galt, and James 
Montgomery, the poet. 
Burns was, tor a short time, 
engaged in business in 
Irvine as a flax-dresser. 


Ayr is a handsome old-fashioned town, skirted with modem streets of considerable ele¬ 
gance. it dates as a royal burgh from 1202 , and was the scene of several remarkable ex¬ 
ploits of Sir William Wallace. Many of the localities of Ayr and its vicinity are rendered 
interesting by their association with the life and poems of Burns. The poet was born in a 
clay-built cottage, about two miles and a half from the town. At a little distance are the 
rums of Alloway Kirk, the Auld Brig of Doon, Bums’ Monument, &c. 


























59 


XVIII.—GLASGOW.-AYR.-MAYBOLE.-GIRVAN.-PORTPATRICK.-94 Miles. 


ON RIGHT FROM GLASGOW. 


h 

pM o 
Pm 


The native cottage of60i 
Eurns, his monument, the eg' 
old bridge of Boon, and ° 
other objects deriving in¬ 
terest from the life and 
writings of the poet. 

56 


Crossraguel Abbey, found¬ 
ed in 1244 ; part of the 
cloisters remain, and the 
Abbot’s house is entire. 

The last Abbot was famed 
for his disputation with 
John Knox. The ruin is 
preserved with great care. 

Some miles to the right 
of Kirkoswald, is Colzean 
Castle, the splendid man¬ 
sion of the Marquis of 
Ailsa. It is built on the 
brink of a perpendicular 
precipice; under it are the 
celebrated caves of Cul 
zean, penetrating 200 feet 
into the rock. 

On the coast, the ruins of 
Turnberry Castle, a seat 
of Robert Bruce when Earl 
of Carrick. 

The village of Ballantrae 
is situated close to the 
mouth of the Stinchar 
water, and picturesquely 
overhung by the ruins of 
an old castle. It was for- 
merly a great haunt of 24 
smugglers. It has a good 
sea and salmon fishery. 


511 


49 

47 

41 


39 


361 


34 

261 


View of the beautiful 
Bay of Lochryan, celebra¬ 
ted in the fine old pathetic 
ballad, entitled “The Lass 
of Lochryan.” 

Portpatrick is a thriving 
town of considerable size. 
The channel between 
Great Britain and Ireland 
is here only 21 miles across. 
Portpatrick possesses an 
excellent harbour and re¬ 
flecting lighthouse. 


16i 

15 

9 

6 


GLASGOW. 

Glasgow to Ayr, see No. 
XIX. 

Alloway Kirk, 
cr. Doon by new 
Bridge, and skirt along 
Brown Carrick Hill. 

Grange House. 

Torrence, M‘Micken, Esq. 

MAYBOLE. 
Population 6287- 

Ruins of Crossraguel 
Abbey. 

Kirkoswald. 

Chasel House. 

cr. Girvan Wat. 

Girvan vill. 

The road now keeps close 
by the coast for many miles. 

Ardmillan. 

Crawford, Esq. 

Carleton Bay. 
Ballantrae vill. 

cr. Stinchar Wat, 

Glenapp, 

A romantic glen. 

Enter Wigtonshire. 

Cairn. 

Stranraer. 

Population 3320. 

Lochan’s Bridge. 

PORTPATRICK 


331 

35 


38 

421 

45 

47 

53 


55 

574 

60 

67| 


70 

774 

79 

85 

88 

94 


ON LEFT FROM GLASGOW. 


Blairston, Cathcart. 

Maybole is a burgh of 
barony, and obtained its 
privileges in 1516. It car¬ 
ries on a woollen manufac¬ 
ture to a considerable ex¬ 
tent. The Mansion House 
of the Cassilis family is 
the finest surviving speci¬ 
men of the twenty-eight 
winter seats of noble and 
baronial families formerly 
existing in Maybole. It is 
said to have been the resi¬ 
dence of the repudiated 
Countess of Cassilis, whose 
story was the subject of the 
well known ballad of 
Johnny Faa. 

Burnsreceived part ofhis 
education in Kirkoswald. 

Girvan, a place of con¬ 
siderable antiquity, situat¬ 
ed at the mouth of Girvan 
Water, the banks of 
which abound in fine scen¬ 
ery, and in fine seats. 

Carleton Castle, ruins, 
Cathcart, Bart. 

Stinchar Castle ruins, 
an ancient seat of the 
Kennedys of Bargany. 

Such is the irregularity 
of the rivulet which runs 
through Glenapp, that the 
road crosses it at least hall 
a dozen of times within 
the extent of half a dozen 
miles. 

Near Stranraer, Castle 
Kennedy and Culhorn, 
Earl of Stair. 

Stranraer is a thriving 
and handsome seaport 
town, uniting with Wigton, 
New Galloway, and Whit¬ 
horn, in returning a Mem¬ 
ber to Parliament. In the 
centre of it stands a tall 
strong edifice, originally a 
castle. There are several 
seats in the neighbourhood 
adorned with all the 
charm s of nature and of art. 

Dunskey Castle ruins, 
finely situated on a very 
high rock overhanging the 
sea. 














60 


XIX.—GLASGOW.—RUTHERGLEN.—HAMILTON.—LANARK.—PEEBLES.— 
SELKIRK—HAWICK.— 83J Mn.ES. 


\ei 

u’> 

GLASGOW. 

si 

0 

b* cS 

X 

Leave Glasgow by the Cal 
ton. At Barrowfield take 

0 


to the left. 


f 

cr. Clyde at Dal- 



marnock Bridge. 


80 

Cambuslang vill. 

"2 

754 

Blantyre vill. and 
Priory on the left. 

8 

741 

/ 

HAMILTON. 

H 

1 

67 

Dalserf vill. 

161 

GOf 

Nethanfoot. 

22| 


Soon after pass Stone- 



byres Fall. 


59| 

or. Clvde Water 

244 

by Lanark Bridge. 

58| 

LANARK. 

25 


cr. Clyde by 



Hyndford Bridge. 


48 

Biggar. 

354. 


cr. Biggar Water. 


41 

Broughton. 

J 

424f 

s 

394 

Stobo Castle. 

44 

39 

Stobo Kirk. 

444 


cr. Lyne Water. 


33 

PEEBLES. 

1 

504 f 

27 

Innerleithen vill. and 


Mineral Wells. 
Fernalee or Yair 

56L] 


18 

Bridge. 

654 

12 

• SELKIRK. 

*1 

For the route between! 

714 


Selkirk and Hawick, see! 



No. III. 

834 


Near the ancient ro 
burgh of Rutherglen, 
date 1126, now chiefly oc¬ 
cupied by weavers. 


Dechmont Hill is h< 
conspicuous object, 


view. 


ON LEFT FROM GLASGOW. 


both sides of the road. 

Hamilton unites 1 
Falkirk, Airdrie, Lanark, 


ment. Population oi 
parish in 1831, 9513. < 
to the town is Hamilton 


the Duke of Hamilton 
The interior of the palace 
is fitted up in the most gor¬ 
geous style; and the col¬ 
lection of pain tings has long 
been considered the best 
in Scotland. Within the 
grounds, on the haul 


the ancient Castle of Cad 
zow is perched on the top 
of a rock 200 feet above the 
water. 

Twenty-two miles from 
Glasgow stands Craig- 
netlian Castle, on a lofty 
eminence near the conflux 
of the Nethan and the 
Clyde. This fortress, now 
in ruins, was once the seat 
of the celebrated personage 
called the Bastard of 
Arran. 


Vale of Manor, in which 
lived David Ritchie, the 
original of tlieBlack Dwarf. 


Innerleithen, a favourite 
resort of the citizens of 
Edinburgh, is a handsome 
village full of neat houses; 
its situation is very beauti¬ 
ful. 

Traquair House, Earl of 
Traquair. 


On the left, at a distance, 
Clyde Iron Works. 

Remarkable for a great 
revival of religion, which 
occurred there in conse 
quence of the preaching of 
Whitefield. 

The remains of Blantyre 
Priory are delightfully 
situated on the banks of 
the Clyde, opposite to 
Bothwell Castle. In the 
neighbourhood there is a 
large cotton mill, which, 
gives employment to 900 
persons. 

Near Mauldslie Castle, 


Stonebyres Fall, so 


of Stonebyres, a 
:t of eighty-eight 


Lanark is a very ancient 
Dyal burgh containing 


About a mile from Lan- 
rk, there is a profound 


water descends to 
e Clyde. The pre- 


e celebrated Cart- 
Crags, in which 


Montgomery, Bart. 


Nidpath Castle, nearly in 


Horsburgh Castle in ruins. 
^Cardrona, Williamson, 


































61 


XX.—GLASGOW.—DUMBARTON.—TARBET.—TYNDRUM.—FORT 

WILLIAM. — 103 Miles. 


ON RIGHT FROM GLASGOW. 


Cranston Hill, Houldsworth, 
and numerous other villas, be¬ 
longing to the wealthy citizens. 

Jordanhill, Smith, Esq. 

Dumbarton is one of the four 
fortresses stipulated by the arti¬ 
cles of Union to be kept up, and 
accordingly js still in repair, 
and occupied by a garrison. 

Cordale Ho., Stirling, Esq. 

Bonhill, Smollet, Esq. 

Balloch Castle Stott. 

Loch Lomond is on the right 
for many miles. 

Cameron Ho., Smollet, Esq. 

Rossdow, Colquhoun, Bart. 

Luss is beautifully situated ; 
the waters of the Luss run 
through it, and fall into Loch 
Lomond. 

Nearly opposite Inveruglas 
Island, in a hollow above a 
small cascade, are the ruins of 
Inversnaid Fort, an old mili¬ 
tary station, chiefly designed to 
keep the Clan Gregor in check. 


About half way between 
Crianlaroch and Tyndrum, 
there is a linn in the river 
called the Pool of St. Fillan’s, 
which is to this day not un- 
frequently the scene of the ob¬ 
servance of a degrading super¬ 
stitious rite. Here St. Fillan, 
so noted in the Highlands for 
works of piety and sacred gifts, 
is said to have lived. 

In the neighbourhood of 
Ballachulish, is a cavern of 
so difficult access, that no 
body of late has ventured to 
explore it. 


So called from the tradition 
of Patrick, a Danish Prince, 
having been drowned there. 

Fort William is situated on 
the shore of Loch Eil, at the 
distance of about two miles 
from the termination of the 
canal of Corpach. It was 
erected in the reign of William 
III. for the purpose of keeping 
down the Jacobite clans of the 
west. 


1? 


B g 

if 

ON LEFT FROM GLASGOW. I 

fa s 

fa 

GLASGOW. 

Leave Glasgow by Ander- 

© 






ston. 




-1^43 cr. Kelvin Water. 



99} 

White Inch. 
Kilpatrick vill. 

3} 

Dalnottar. 

93} 

9} 

92 

Dunglas Castle mins. 

11 

Near the termination of the 
Forth and Clyde Canal. 

88} 

DUMBARTON. 

14} 


^43 cr. Leven Water. 


Levenside, Ewing. 

Near Smollet’s monument. 

86} 

Renton vill. 

16} 

and Dalquhurn House, where 
he was born. 

85 

Alexandria. 

18 

Broomley, Miss Alston. 
Tillichewen Castle. 

84 

82 

Lower end of L. Lomond. 

19 

Woodbank, Miss Scott. 
Bellretiro, Miss Rowet. 

Arden, Buchannan. 

21 

Glen Fruin was the scene of 

78 

^$43 cr. Fruin Water. 

25 

263 

a bloody conflict between the 
M‘Gregors and Colquhoun in 

76} 

Luss vill. and Inn. 

1602. 

72} 

Inveruglas Ferry. 

30} 

For crossing Loch Lomond 

68} 

Tarbet Inn. 

34} 

to Rowardennan, where the 
ascent to Ben Lomond is usu- 


Keep along the side of 


ally commenced. 

Three miles above Tarbet is 


Loch Lomond. 


a small wooded island called 

65 

Across the loch is 
Inversnaid Mill. 

38 

Inveruglas, and about two 
miles farther, another called 
Eilan; on each of which are 

60 

Head of Loch Lomond. 

43 

the ruins of a stronghold of the 
family of Macfarlane. 

58 

Auldtarnan Inn. 

45 


57 

Glenfalloch, Campbell. 
Proceed up Glenfalloch to 

46 

On the right a road proceeds 
to Killin. 

52 

Crianlaroch Inn. 

51 


Take to the left up 


Strathfillan was the scene of 


Strathfillan. 


a battle of Robert Bruce. 

47 

Tyndrum Inn. 

56 

Tyndrum Ho., Marquis of 
Breadalbane. 

38 

Inverouran Inn. 

65 

Between Inverouran and 
King’s House, the road crosses 


Mountainous scenery to 


a lofty hill called the Black 

28} 

King's House Inn. 

74} 

Mount. From the top an ex¬ 
tensive view is obtained of the 

26 

Foot of the steep road 

77 

Moor of Rannoch, the largest 

to Fort William, called the 

tract of the kind in Scotland. 


Devil’s Staircase. 


Glencoe is famous for its 
singularly wild Alpine scenery, 
and the historical event con¬ 
nected with it. The massacre 

Enter Glencoe. 

Ballachulish Inn. 

14$ 

88} 

of Glencoe in King William’s 

13 

The Ferry of Calas-ic 

90 

reign, took place at the north¬ 
west end of the vale. 


Pnatric. 

ONICH. 

92 

Maryburgh contains about 
1500 inhabitants, and two re- 

11 

spectable inns. 

7} 

Coran Ferry across 
Loch Eil. 

95} 

It contains a bomb-proof 
magazine, and the barrack is 
calculated to accommodate 96 

i 

Mary burgh. 

102$ 

103 

men. The fort was besieged in 
1745-6 by the Camerons, but 
without success. It is now 


FORT WILLIAM. 

almost in a state of disuse. 


















62 


XXI.—ABERDEEN.—KINTORE.—INVERURY.—HUNTLY.—KEITH.— 
FOCHABERS.—57 Miles. 


ON RIGHT FROM ABERD. 


Mugiemoss, L. Ja. Hay. 
Casldeben, Dr. Hen¬ 
derson. 

Glasgowego. 

Blackburn Inn. 
Balbetban,Gordon,Esq. 
Keith Hall, Earl of Kin- 
tore. 

The Bass, a conical 
mount of considerable ele¬ 
vation, said to be artificial. 
The river Ury runs close 
to it. Tradition says the 
pestilence was buried in it. 
Thomas the Rhymer has 
predicted: 

“ Dee and Don shall run in one. 
And Tweed shall run in Tay, 
And the bonnie water of Ury 
Shall bear the Bass away.” 

The first part of the pre¬ 
diction was fulfilled by 
the Inverury Canal. 
Pitcaple, Lumsden, Esq. 

Logie, Elphinstone, Bart. 


Pitmachie Inn. 

Newton, Gordon, Esq. 

Williamston,Fraser, Esq. 

Freefield, Gen. Leith. 

Enter the Glens of Foud- 
land, through which the 
road passes for some miles. 
In stormy weather it is fre¬ 
quently shut up. 


Huntly Castle, a ruin 
partly built by George first 
Marquis of Huntly, whose 
name, and that of his wife, 
Hen. Stewart, daughter of 
Esme Duke of Lennox, are 
in the hall. The extensive 
estates of the Gordon 
family have now devolved 
upon the Duke of Rich¬ 
mond. 

About a mile distant, 
the vill. of New Mills. 

Shortly after leaving 
Keith, the road enters up¬ 
on the property of the Duke 
of Richmond, and con 
tinues to Fochabers; close 
to which stands Gordon 
Castle, 560 feet in length. 
The park is 18 miles in cir¬ 
cumference. 


45 


41J 


414 


£ 3 

O 


ABERDEEN.* 

Cross the hill of Tyre- 
bagger, t'.e. Tirebeggar. 

KINTORE, 

A borough of considerable 
antiquity. 

Cross Don by a hand¬ 
some of 3 arches, 
built in 1798. 


INVERURY. 

Pitcaple Inn. 

At some distance, on the 
opposite side of the Ury, 
the battle of Harlaw was 
fought. 

July 24, St. James’s even, 

Harlaw was fought fourteen 
hundred and eleven.” 


36 


31 

30i 

25 


19 


18 

9 


£ 


The Church of Ovne to the 
west 1 mile. 

cr* the Gadie. 

“ Oh an I were where Gadie 
rins. 

At the back of Benachie.” 

Vill. of Old Rain, 
cr. Kelloch. 

cr. the Ury, 

Here called the Glen Wat. 

On the left is the hill of 
Foudland, celebrated for 
its slate quarry, some of 
which are of the finest 
quality. 

cr. Bogie. 

HUNTLY. 

[Inns .-—Gordon Arms.] 
Once celebrated for its 
linen manufacture, and 
still for its bleaching. 

Huntly Lodge. 

■1^0 cr. Deveron. 
Keith vill. 

[Inns:— Gordon Arms.] 
4^0 cr. Isla. 

Fife Keith vill. 
Barren moor to 

FOCHABERS. 

[Inns :—Gordon Arms.) 


12 


1*4 


ON LEFT FROM ABERD. 


154 


21 

22 

24 
26 
264 

32 


38 


39 

48 

49 
57 


Craibstone, Mrs. Dr. 
Scott. 

Glasgow Forest, Mrs. 
Brebner. 

Benachie rises to the 
height of 1420 feet. On the 
east end is a remarkable 
rock, rising perpendicu¬ 
larly on three sides 180 feet, 
it is only accessible on one 
side ; it has been fortified, 
tradition says, by the Piets. 

A borough of consider¬ 
able antiquity. Here Rob¬ 
ert Bruce gained a victory 
over the English. Here, 
in 1745, the rebels defeated 
a party of the King’s troops. 

Maner, Gordon, Esq. 

Balquhain, Leslie, Esq. 

Pittodrie, Erskine. 


Old castle of Harthill. 


At a distance may be 
seen the hill of Dunideer, 
i.e. Dun d’Ore; on the top 
of which are the ruins of an 
old castle, said to have 
been the palace of King 
Gregory the Great about 
875. It has been surround¬ 
ed by a double rampart. 
The walls, after encounter¬ 
ing 1000 winters, are so 
hard that the smallest 
stone will break rather 
than be separated from 
the mass ; large masses of 
vitrified stone are scatter¬ 
ed over the level top of 
the hill, and marks of 
many buildings. 

Many years the residence 
of the last Duke of Gor¬ 
don when Mar. of Huntly. 

A short way below the 
Deveron is joined by the 
Bogie, and afterwards by 
the Isla, and after a course 
of 20 miles it falls into the 
Moray Firth at Banff. 


* Th « Great North Road from Aberdeen to Inverness, at the distance of 3j miles from the former 
divided into two, one branch by Turriff, Banff, and Cullen, being 72 miles; the other by Kintore, Inver¬ 
ury) Huntly, and Keith, being 57 miles to Fochabers, where the roads again unite. The latter being the 
shortest line, is the mail coach road, and is now chiefly used by travellers. 















63 


XXII.—ABERDEEN.—BANFF.—CULLEN.—ELGIN.—FORRES.—NAIRN.— 

INVERNESS.—126 Miles. 


ON RIGHT FROM ABERD. 


Persley, Hadden, Esq. 
Woodside, Kilgour, Esq. 
Water ton, Pirie, Esq. 
Parkhill, Skene, Esq. 


Tillygreig, Harvey, Esq. 

Pittrichie, Milne, Esq. 

Udney Castle, Col. Udney. 

Kilblein, Manson, Esq. * 

Had ]o House, Earl of Aber¬ 
deen. 

Fyvie Castle is a princely 
looking building, beautifully 
situated on a small eminence 
in the centre of a large amphi¬ 
theatre of fine grounds, skirted 
with woods on the heights 
around, and the river winding 
through the centre. 

Hatton Castle, Duff*, Esq. 

“ When ye’re at the Brig o’ 
Turay, 

Ye’re half-way between Aber¬ 
deen and Elgin o’ Murray.” 

Delgatty Castle, Earl of Fife, 
a mile from Turriff; not seen 
from the road. 


Craigston Castle, Urquhart, 
Esq. 

Forglen Church on the north 
side of the river Deveron. 


Between Boyndieand Portsoy 
the ruins of Boyne Castle, 
Earl of Seafield, once the finest 
seat in the North of Scotland, 
but destroyed in the civil war. 

Along this line of road the 
Earls of Fife and Seafield, and 
the Duke of Richmond, are the 
chief proprietors. 

From Banff to Fochabers 
(26 miles) the road passes at' 
no great distance from the sea- 
coast. 


Near village of Buckie. 

Near village of Port Gordon. 

Speymouth Kirk. 

The royal burgh of Elgin is 
an old fashioned and impressive 
place. The remains of the 
Cathedral form the chief object 
of attraction in Elgin. It was 
founded in 1224 by the Bishop 
of Moray. The great tower fell 
in 1711. The Cathedral, when 
entire, was exactly a model of 
Lichfield. Elgin has been much 
improved of late years by the 
erection of various public build¬ 
ings. 


S s 

£ c 


111 

108 

iioij 

99* 

95* 


Leave Aberdeen, and pass for 
several miles along the bank of 
the Inverury Canal. 

Dyce vill. 

cr. the Don. 

New Macher Kirk. 

Leithfield. 

Old Meldrum vill. 
Meldrum Ho., Urquhart, Esq. 
Fyvie Kirk. 

Fyvie Castje, Gordon of 
Fyvie, on the right. 

Towie, 

The native place of the ances¬ 
tor of Barclay de Tolly, i.e ., 
Towie, the Russian general. 


gS 


cr. Turriff Water. 

Muiresk, Spottiswood, Esq. 
Laithers, Stuart, Esq. 

93 Turriff. 

Pronounced Turay. 
Forglen House, Abercromby, 
Bart., about a mile from Tur¬ 
riff. 

()lf I On the left Montblairy, Mori 
son. Esq. and Eden, Duff, Esq 

cr * King Edward. 


79 
7 5i 

70 

65 

61 

52 

48 

46 

43 


cr. Deveron River, 
and enter BANFF. 

New Kirk of Boyndie. 

jSST) cr. Boyne Streamlet 
by Droadlie. 

Portsoy, 

A small irregularly built 
town, with a thriving port; 
population 2000. 

CULLEN, 

A royal burgh in theElgin dis¬ 
trict, population 1593. 

Letterfourie,Gordon, Bart. 

Fochabers vill. 

cr. Spey River, enter 
Morayshire. 

Innes House. 
Contown Tower. 

Kirk of St. Andrews. 

ELGIN. 

[Inns :—Gordon Arms ;! 
The Star Inn, called 
Devie’s Hotel.] 

Joins with Banff, Cullen, In¬ 
verury, Kintore, and Peter¬ 
head, in electing an M. P. 


9 

14* 

38 

24* 

26 * 

30* 


ON LEFT FROM ABERD. 


Hilton, Johnston, Bart. 
Kirkhill, Bannerman, Esq. 
Fintry House, Forbes, Bart. 
Kinmundy, E. of Aberdeen. 
Elrick House, Burnett, Esq. 
Straloch, Ramsay, Esq. 
Barra, Ramsay, Esq. 
Fingask, Elmslie, Esq. 
Tulloch, Kilgour, Esq. 


Gask, Earl of Fife. 


33 


Banff, the county town, is 
35* agreeably situated on the side 
3B of a hill at the mouth of the 
river Deveron. It was founded 
by Malcolm Canmore in 1163. 
There have been large addi- 
47 tional piers built to the harbour 
here, but, owing to the sandy 
bottom, the bar is often much 
nl filled up. 

On the left on entering the 
town is Duff House, the elegant 
mansion of the Earl of Fife. 
Park, Gordon, Esq. 


56 


61 


65 

74 


78 

80 

83 


Durn, Earl of Seafield. 

Glasshaugh, Abercromby, 
Esq. 

Birkenbog,Abercromby,Bart. 
Cullen House, Earl of Sea¬ 
field, a large and venerable 
building. Thegrounds are fine. 


( Cairnfield, Gordon, Esq. 

On the right from Aberdeen, 
and at the back of Fochabers, 
is Gordon Castle, Duke of Rich¬ 
mond ; a magnificent mansion, 
erected by Alexander Duke of 
Gordon, who died in 1827. The 
ancient seat of the family was 
Huntly Castle, now in ruins; 
near it Huntly Lodge, Duchess 
of Gordon. 





















64 

ABERDEEN to INVERNESS — Continued. 


ON RIGHT FROM ABERD. 


A little to the east of Forres, 
and near the road, stands the 
remarkable obelisk, usually 
called S we no's Stone ; it is 
above 20 feet high; it has a 
number of figures cut on it, 
which are still remarkably dis¬ 
tinct. 

Brodie House, Brodie, Esq. 

On the right, ruins of Abbey 
of Kinloss. 

The genius of Shakspeare 
has immortalized the town of 
Forres. It was on a waste, 
two or three miles on the road 
to Inverness, that Macbeth and 
Banquo were said to have met 
the weird sisters. 

On a small conical hill, about 
a mile south of Forres, is 
erected a tower to commemo¬ 
rate the victory of Trafalgar. 


At no great distance is Fort- 
George, remarkable as the only 
regular fortification in Bri¬ 
tain, and as a complete archi- 
type in miniature of the great 
fortresses of the continent. 
Fort-George is a mile N.W. of 
Campbellton, 13 miles from In¬ 
verness. 


On right, five and a half 
miles from Inverness, Castle 
Stuart, Earl of Moray, a ruin. 


Inverness contains a number 
of goodly streets, and has the 
usual public buildings of a 
large county town. The whole 
environs are beautiful in a high 
degree, and there is no town in 
Scotland which enjoys so many 
fine walks. The famous Castle 
of Inverness, which was the 
property and residence of Mac¬ 
beth, stood on an eminence to 
the east of the town, termed 
the Crown. This castle was 
destroyed by Malcolm Can- 
more, who soon after built an¬ 
other to serve as a royal resi¬ 
dence and fortress. This edi¬ 
fice was destroyed, in 1746, by 
the troops of Prince Charles 
Stuart, and only the wall of an 
interior rampart now remains. 

1 


From 

Inver. 

cr. the Lossie. 

From 

Aberd. 

40 

Newton House, For- 
teath. 

86 


Thunderton, Dunbar, 
Bart. 


38 

Kirk of Alves. 

88 


Burgie Castle, Tul- 

91 


loch, Esq. In distance, 
Abbey of Kinloss. 

Grange Hall, Grant 
Peterkin, Esq. 


31 

FORRES. 

95 


[Inns: Fraser's; M‘Garrow’s.J 
A royal burgh, in the Inver¬ 
ness district. 


30 

Moy, Grant, on the 
right. 

96 

29* 

1^43 cr. Findhorn river. 

961 

m 

Kirk and vill. of Dyke, 

98i 


Enter Nairnshire. 


224 

Auldearn vill. 

104 


1^43 cr. Nairn water. 


20 

NAIRN, 

106 


A royal burgh of very 
old fashioned appear- 



ance. 


18 

Firhall. 

108 

14 

Ardersier Kirk. 

112 

12 

Campbellton vill. 

114 

11 

Connage. 

115 


Culloden House. 



INVERNESS. 

126 


The remains of the fort 
which Oliver Cromwell 
built at Inverness are to 
be seen at the place where 
the Ness joins the sea. 
The most remarkable na¬ 
tural curiosity in the 
neighbourhood of Inver¬ 
ness is a strange oblong 
mound called Tom-na- 
heurich (hill of the fai¬ 
ries). Inverness joins 
with Forres, Nairn, and 
Fortrose in electing an 
M.P. 


ON LEFT FROM ABERD. 


Darnaway Castle, Earl of 
Moray, not seen from the road. 
It is four miles from Forres. 
The great hall was built by the 
celebrated Regent Randolph, 
the nephew of Bruce. It con¬ 
tains the dais of feudal times. 
The original roof, which is of 
dark oak, still remains. The 
Findhorn flows by it through 
a well-wooded park. Immense 
plantations of oak, pine, larch, 
<fcc. cover the whole country 
side, and conceal the castle 
from view. 

Auldearn was the scene of a 
victory gained, May 4,1645, by 
the Marquis of Montrose over 
an army of the Covenanters, 
under Sir John Hurry. 

In theneighbourhood of Nairn 
is Cawdor Castle, the seat of 
the Earl of Cawdor. It is one 
of the most ancient and entire 
baronial residences inScotland. 
It stands upon a low rock, 
overhanging the bed of a tor¬ 
rent, and is surrounded by the 
largest-sized forest trees. It is 
enclosed within a moat, and is 
approachable only by a draw¬ 
bridge. Macbeth was " Thane 
of Cawdor.” 

The scene of the battle of 
Culloden is a mile to the left of 
Culloden House, about 6 miles 
from Inverness. 

The most distinguished seats 
in the neighbourhood of Inver¬ 
ness are, Culloden House, Raig- 
more, (Mackintosh, Esq.), Ness 
Villa (Lady Saltoun), Leys 
Castle (Mr. Baillie), Muirton 
(Mr. H. Duff), Dochfour (Mr. 
Evan Baillie). The banks of 
the river near the town have 
lately been ornamented with 
tasteful residences, planta¬ 
tions, <fcc. 
















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ON RIGHT FROM EDINBURGH. EDINBURGH—LANARK. ON LEFT FROM EDINBURGH. 


Granfcon 


j Edinburgh station. 

Edinburgh and Glasgow 
1 Railway. 

i Slateford station. 

Corstorphine Hill. 

Riecarton—Sir James Gib¬ 
son Craig, Bart. 

Currie station. 

Dalmahoy House — Earl of 
Morton. 

Dalmahoy Crags, 680 feet 
high. 

Kirknewton station. 

East Calder village. 

Bellfield House. 

Mid-Calder village, on an 
eminence. 

Contentibus. 

Beautiful view of Firth of 
Forth and Fife hills from the 
viaduct. 

West Calder station. 

West Calder village. 
Harwood. 


Cobinshaw Reservoir. 


Mosshat. 

Auchengray station. 

Branch to Wilsontown Iron- 
Works. 

Cleugli House. 


Camwath station. 
Carstairs station. 

Where the trains unite. 

Lanark station. 

Cleghorn—Mr. A. E. Lock¬ 
hart. 

Jerviswood—Mr. Bailie. 

Cartland Crags on the Mouse 
Water, are about a mile west 
of Lanark. They rise on both 
I sides about 400 feet high, and 
form a deep chasm, where a 
cave in the face of the rock, 
termed Wallace’s Cave, is 
pointed out by tradition as the 
hiding-place of that hero after 
he had slain Haselrig the Eng¬ 
lish sheriff. 


Camwath village. 

Camwath station. 
Carstairs station, 

Where the trains unite. 

Lanark station. 

In the vicinity of Lanark 
are the Falls of the Clyde. At 
Bonnington Linn (the upper¬ 
most fall) the water is thrown 
over a perdendicular rock 
about 30 feet in height, into a 
deep hollow or basin. Corra 
Linn, the largest of the falls, 
is half a mile below the former. 
The river here makes three 
distinct leaps, in height alto¬ 
gether of about 84 feet. 


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North British Railway. 

Edinburgh station. 

Dairy village. 

Merchiston. 

Slateford station. 

Viaduct over Water of Leith. 
Hailes House. 

Baberton House — Captain 
Christie. 

Currie station. 

Currie village. 

Ruins of Lennox Castle. 
Ravelrig Hill. 

Balerno—Lord Cockbura. 
Meadowbank — Lord Mea- 
dowbank. 

Kirknewton station. 

Kirknewton village. 
Ormiston village. 


Viaduct over the Lin water, 
in 6 arches of 60 feet span, and 
103 feet above the stream. 

West Calder station. 

Ilarbum—Mr. Cochrane. 

The surrounding country at 
this part is bleak and uninter¬ 
esting. 

Woolfords. 


Auchengray station. 

Ainplierlaw—Dr Somerville. 


















































i 


60 


CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. —(Glasgow Fork.) 


ON RIGHT FROM GLASGOW. 


GLASGOW— CRAWFORD. 


ON LEFT FROM GLASGOW. 


Glasgow station. 


Rutherglen. 


Cambu slang. 

Gamkirk station. 

The Priory—Lord Blantyre. 
Ruins of Bothwell Castle. 

Coatbridge station. 

Bothwell village. 

Hamilton. 

Holytown station. 
Motherwell station. 

Dalziel House—Mr. J. G. C. 
Hamilton. 

Wishaw station. 
Overtown station. 

Dalserf village. 

Mauldslie Castle. 

Milton—Mr.Wm. Lockhart, 
M. P. 

Carluke station. 


Lee House—Sir N. M. Lock¬ 
hart, Bart. 

Jerviswood—Mr. G. Baillie. 
Town of Lanark. 

Lanark station. 

Falls of the Clyde. 

Carstairs junction st. 

Carstairs House—Mr. Henry 
Monteith. 


Carstairs junction st. 

Viaduct over the Clyde. 

Pittenain House. 

Cairagrife House. 
Carmichael House—Sir W. 
Anstruther, Bart. 

Thankerton station. 

Tinto Hill, 2300 feet high. 
Fatlips Castle. 

Symington station. 

Wiston village. 

Dungavel Hill. 
Hardington—Mr. R. Mac- 
Queen. 

Roberton village. 


Abington station. 


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Gamkirk station. 


Coatbridge station. 

Cross the Monkland Canal 
by a wooden viaduct. 
Woodhall in the distance. 

Holytown station. 
Motherwell station. 

Cleland House—Hon. North 
Dalrymple, Esq. 

Wishaw station. 

Wishaw Castle—Lord Bel¬ 
li aven. 

Overtown station. 


Carluke station. 

Carluke village. 


Kilcadzow village. 


Lanark station. 

Viaduct over Mouse Water. 
Carstairs village. 

Carstairs junction st. 

Branch to Edinburgh. 


Carstairs junction st. 

Carnwath village. 

Liberton village. 
Covington Castle—ruins. 

Thankerton station. 

Symington village. 

Symington station— 
for Biggar. 

Lamington village. 
Woodend. 

Clyde's Bridge. 

Duneaton. 


Abington station. 


Crawford village, 
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67 


CALEDONIAN RAILWAY— Continued. 


ON RIGHT FROM GLASGOW. 


CRAWFORD—CARLISLE. 


ON LEFT FROM GLASGOW. 


Elvanfoot station. 

The Lowther hills, 3150 feet 
high. 

Glenocher. 


Garskine. 

Middlegill. 

Rivax. 

Auchen Castle. 

Queensberry Hill, 2260 feet 
high. 

Beatock station —for 
Moffat. 

Kirkpatrick Juxta. 

Lochwood Tower. 

Rachills—J. J. II. Johnston, 
Esq., M. P. 

Wamphray station. 

Johnston village. 

Spedlin’s Tower. 

Dinwoodie—A. Maxwell. 

Nethercleuch station. 

Jardine Hall—Sir W. Jar- 
dine, Bart 
Applegarth village. 

Viaduct over Dryfe Water 

Lockerby station. 

Lockerby village. 

Castleniilk—Mrs. Hart. 


Ecclefechan station. 

Hoddara Castle—Lieut.-Ge- 
neral Sharpe 
Hoddam village. 

Kirtle Bridge station. 

Bonshaw Tower. 

Beautiful scenery along the 
banks of the Kirtle Water. 

Kirkpatrick station. 

Branch to Annan and Dum¬ 
fries. 

Springfield village. 

Gretna station. 

Bridge over the river Sark, 
the boundary between Eng¬ 
land and Scotland. 

Viaduct over the Esk river. 


Rockcliff station. 


Stainton village. 

Viaduct over the river Eden. 

Carlisle station. 


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Newton. 

Source of Clyde. 


Howcleugh. 

Raecleugli. 

Greenhill. 


Moffat village. 

Beatock station —for 
Moffat. 

Loch house Tower. 

Poldean. 

Viaduct over the Annan 
Water, 350 feet in length. 

Wamphray station. 

Oblique bridge over Wam¬ 
phray Water. 

Wamphray village. 
Dalmakeddar. 

Nethercleuch station. 

Millkbank—Wm. Roy. 


Hillside—C. Stewart. 

Lockerby station. 

Bridge of 6 arches over the 
Milk Water. Fine view on 
both sides 

Ecclefechan station. 

Viaduct over Main Water. 
Bridge over the cross roads 
120 feet in length. 

Kirtle Bridge station. 

Viaduct over Kirtle Water. 
Elderbeck. 

Kirkpatrick station. 


Gretna station. 

Skiddaw and Keswick range 
of mountains seen from this 
point. 

Floristown village. 

Rockcliff station. 

Houghton House. 


Carlisle station. 






































68 


II. DUNDEE, ARBROATH, AND FORFAR RAILWAY. 



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Arbirlot village, near which 
are the ruins of Kelly Castle, 
standing on a rock. 


Dunnichen village. 


J3und.ee station. 

The principal objects to be 
seen in Dundee, are the Town 
Flail, Exchange, Academy, the 
Howf or Burying-Ground and 
the Tower of the Old Church. 


Dundee station. 

Dundee is the chief seat of 
the linen manufacture, and one 
of the most prosperous towns 
in Britain. 


JBroughty station. 

Broughty Ferry, a sea-bath¬ 
ing village. Near it are the 
ruins of an ancient fortress, 
which , was occupied by the 
English after the battle of 
Pinkie. 

KSonifieth station. 


Sroughty station. 


Mlonifieth station. 

Monifieth is a small village 
of thatched houses, and con¬ 
tains a 6omew’hat extensive 
iron foundry. 

Barry village. 


Carnoustie station. 


East Haven station 


Carnoustie station. 

Panbride village contains an 
ancient church. Hector Boece 
is generally supposed to have 
been a native of this village. 

East Haven station. 


Arbroath station 

Arbroath is a royal burgh. 
The ruins of its extensive Ab¬ 
bey are much admired. It was 
founded about the year 1178 
by William I., and dedicated 
to Thomas a Becket. 


Collision station. 

Kinnell. 


Arbroath station. 


Lethem village, standing on 
the summit of a table land, 
commanding an extensive pros¬ 
pect. 

Collision station. 


Freockhelm sta. 

Railway to Aberdeen branches 
off here. 

Guthrie station. 


Freockheira sta. 
Guthrie station. 

Kirkden village. 


Rescobie village. 

Forfar is a royal burgh, and 
a town of great antiquity. 

Forfar station. 


In the castle of Forfar, no 
vestige of which now remains, 
Malcolm Canmore is said to 
have held a Parliament in the 
year 1057. 


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With Branch to Glammis. 


Dundee station. 


Claverhouse, a modern erec¬ 
tion, built on the site of the 
ancient residence of Viscount 
Dundee. 


fiftrathmarfcin village. 
Strathmartin House. 


Auchterhouse village. 


Auchterhouse Castle, (Lady 
H. Wedderburn.) 


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Ruins of Hatton Castle, built 
in 1575 by Lawrence, Lord Oli- 
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Newtyle station. 


Belmont Castle, the seat of 
Lord WharnclifTe, is an ele¬ 
gant quadrangular mansion, 
surrounded with gardens, 
woods, and lawns, and com¬ 
manding an extensive view. In 
the park is a tumulus assigned 
by tradition as the scene of 
the combat between Macbeth 
and Macduff. 

Cupar-Angus sta. 


Kinpirnie Hill, 1151 feet high. 


Ban quo tower. 
Nevay village. 


Denoon Castle, supposedly 
designed as a place of retreat 
in times of danger. 


Glammis Castle, the property 
of the Lari of Strathmore, is a 
majestic pile of great antiquity. 

Glammis station. 


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Dundee station. 


Dudhope Castle. 
Dundee Law. 


Camperdown House, (the 
seat of the Earl of Camper- 
down,) so named from Admi¬ 
ral Lord Duncan’s victory of 
1797, and built for that gallant 
officer by government. Near 
it is Gray House, the family 
mansion of Lord Gray 


Lundie 

Wemyss.) 


Castle (Captain 


Lundie village, situated near 
a small loch. 


23 ewtyle station. 

N ewtyle has lately risen from 
obscurity to the importance of 
a bustling town. 

Auchtertyre, where there are 
tVaces of a camp said to have 
been occupied by the Marquis 
of Montrose. 

Hallyburton House (Lord 
Hallyburton, M.P.) 

Kettins village, n^vr which, 
on the summit of a hill, stood 
the Castle of Dores, traditional¬ 
ly reported to have been the 
residence of Macbeth. 
Cupar-Angus sta. 

Belmont Castle. 

Meigle, an insignificant vil¬ 
lage. The churchyard contains 
a very antique and curious mo¬ 
nument, upon which are re¬ 
presented some of the scenes in 
the life of King Arthur’s faith¬ 
less queen, Vanora. Most of 
the carvings are now defaced or 
destroyed. 


Castleton village. 


Essie village. 

Glammis station. 

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70 


IV,— EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. 

EDINBURGH.—LINLITHGOW.—FALKIRK.—GLASGOW.—46 Milks. 


From 

ON RIGHT FROM EDINR. Glasgow. GLASGOW TO EDINBURGH. 


From 

Edinr. 


ON LEFT FROM EDINR. 


Sdinr. station. 

Donaldson’s Hospital. 


Corstorphine Hill, richly 
wooded,and covered with villas. 

Beechwood, (Sir George 
M‘Kenzie.) 

Corstorphine sta. 

Millburn Tower, (Mrs. Lis¬ 
ton,) formerly the residence of 
the famous ambassador Sir 
R. Liston. 

Gogar station. 
Hatho station. 

Newliston, (J. M. Hog, Esq.) 

Niddry Castle, where Queen 
Mary first slept after her escape 
from Lochleven. 

Winchburgh sta. 

Tillage of Winchburgh,where 
Edward II. first halted in his 
flight from Bannockburn. 

Binn’s Tower, on a range of 
eminences to the right. 


Linlithgow sta. 

Linlithgow Palace was a 
royal residence, and the birth¬ 
place of Queen Mary. In 
the Church James IT. saw the 
apparition which warned him 
of his fate at Flodden Field. 

Polmont station. 

Redding village. 

Callander House, (William 
Forbes, Esq., M.P.) formerly 
the seat of the Earls of Callan¬ 
der and Linlithgow. 

Falkirk station. 

Falkirk is noted for its great 
cattle market. The battle of 
Falkirk was fought in 1293. 
Here, also. Prince Charles 
Stewart defeated General 
Hawley in 1746. 


Castlecary sta. 

The Scottish Central Railway 
branches off from this station 
to Stirling, Perth, &c. 

Croy station. 

Kilsyth, a village of about 
2500 inhabitants. Here was 
fought the battle of Kilsyth, 
between Montrose and the 
Covenanters, in 1645. The ruins 
of Kilsyth Castle, anciently the 
residence of the Kilsyth and 
Livingstone families. 

Kirkintilloch sta. 

Kirkintilloch, an old Roman 
station. 

Bishopbridge sta. 

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Glasgow station. 



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Edinr. station. 

Pentland Hills seen to the 
left. 


Saughton House, (Lord 
Aberdour.) 

Corstorphine sta. 


Gogar station. 

Ratho House, (Robert Ca- 
dell. Esq.) 

Ratho station. 

Ratho village. 

Tunnel. 

Winchburgh sta. 

Uphall village. In the chan¬ 
cel of the parish church, the 
celebrated barrister Henry Er- 
skine, and his brother. Lord 
Chancellor Erskine, lie inter¬ 
red. 

Linlithgow station. 

The River A von is here cross¬ 
ed by a viaduct of twenty-five 
arches, each fifty feet span, and 
from seventy to eighty feet 
high. 

Polmont station. 

From near Polmont, the 
Slamannan Railway branches 
off to Airdrie. 


Falkirk station. 


Tiaduct over the Union 
Canalj 102 yards long. 


Castlecary station. 

Where are the ruins of one 
of the Praesidia or principal sta¬ 
tions on the wall of Antoninus. 

Croy station. 

Dumbreck House, (Robert 
Scott, Esq.) 

Garnkirk Railway to Car¬ 
luke, from which there is a 
coach to Lanark, 


oni Kirkintilloch sta. 

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71 


V.— EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Cupar Branch.) 

From want of space the continuation of the route from Cupar to Dundee is not given* 

{ EDINBURGH —CUPAR— } 

DUNDEE—PERTH. . I 0N LEFT FR0M EDINBURGH. 


Edinburgh station. 
Granton station. 

Cross the Firth of Forth. 


Inchkeitli Island and Light¬ 
house. 

Burntisland station. 

Pettyeur Pier. 

Kinghom station. 

Seafield Tower, ancient re¬ 
sidence of the Moutries. 

Kirkcaldy station. 
Sinclairtown station. 
Dysart station. 

W. Wemyss village. 

Wemyss Castle — Captain 
Wemyss. 

Ruins of Macduff Castle. 
Bal&onie Castle. 

Balfour House—Drinkwa- 
ter Bethune, Esq. 

Markinch station. 

Falkland station. 

King’s Kettle sta. 
Ladybank junction. 


Springfield station. 
Cupar station. 

DUNDEE. 

ladybank station. 

Rankeilor — Mr. Macgill 
Crichton. 

Melville—Earl of Melville. 

Collessie station. 

Inchrye Abbey—Mr. Wilson. 


Ruins of Lindores Abbey. 

Newburgh station. 
Abernethy Road sta. 

Carpow House — Mr. Hay 
Paterson. 

Elcho Castle—Lord Elcho* 

Bridge of Earn sta. 


Perth station. 


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Granton station. 


Cross the Firth of Forth. 


Burntisland station. 

The Binn and King's Crags. 

Kinghorn station. 

Raith—Colonel Ferguson. 

Kirkcaldy station. 
Sinclairtown station. 
Dysart station. 

Gallowton village. 
Kinglassie village. 
Thornton village. 

Branch line to Dunfermline. 

Leslie House — Earl of 
Rothes. 

Viaduct over the Leven. 

Markinch station. 

Balbirnie House. 

Falkland station. 

Town of Falkland, with its 
ancient Palace. 

King’s Kettle sta. 
Ladybank junction. 

For branch to Perth see 
lower division. 

Springfield station. 
Cupar station. 

DUNDEE. 

Ladybank station. 

Kinloch—Mr Kinnear. 

Collessie station. 

Lindores House — Lady 
Maitland. 


Newburgh station. 
Abernethy Road sta. 


Bridge of Earn sta. 


Scottish Central line. 

Perth station. 

















72 


VI— GLASGOW AND AYR RAILWAY. 

GLASGOW.—PAISLEY.—KILMARNOCK.—ARDROSSAN.—AYR.— 10 Mii.bs. 


From 


From 

ON SIGHT FROM GLASGOW. ^Ayr^ 

GLASGOW TO AYR. 

Glasgow, on LEFT FROM GLASGOW. 

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Glasgow station. 


Govan village contains a 
celebrated silk factory, and 1 
large furnaces for manufactur- | 
ing pig and bar iron. 

Renfrew, the capital of the 
county. It was long the chief 
residence of the Royal family 
of Stewart. It is a small town, 
and has no manufactories. 

Paisley station. 

Paisley is a town of great an¬ 
tiquity; it was a Roman station 
between the years 30 and 446. 
It is now one of the great manu¬ 
facturing towns of the kingdom. 

Johnstone station. 


Kilbarchan is a pleasantly 
situated village. Its inhabi¬ 
tants are chiefly occupied in 
weaving. 

Ca9tle Semple, (Col. Harvey,) 
long the residence of the Lord 3 
Semple. 

Eiochwinnoch sta. 

Lochwinnoch, situated on the 
west aide of Castle Semple Loch. 

Keith station. 

KUbirnie Loch. 

Kilbirnie station. 

Kilbimie, a small village, 
containing cotton and flax 
mills, and a thread factory. 

25airy station. 

Dairy is situated on the banks 
oftheGarnock. Its inhabitants 
are chiefly employed inweaving. 
It was the home of the daring 
Captain Craw ford who captured 
Dumbarton Castle. 

Kilwinning sta. 

From which there is a branch 
to Saltcoats and Ardrossan. 
From Ardrossan there are daily 
steamers to Arran, (for a de¬ 
scription of which see p. 254.) 

Xrvine station. 


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Troon station. 

Troon is a thriving sea-port 
town with a harbour. 

Lady Isle, an uninhabited 
rocky islet. 

X&onkton station. 


Ayr station. 


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Cathcart Castle, the seat of 
the Earl of Cathcart. Near it 
is the field of Langside, where 
Queen Mary saw the final defeat 
of her forces in 1568. 

Pollockshaws, a manufactur¬ 
ing town, with about 5000 in¬ 
habitants. 

Crookston Castle, once the 
property of Lord Darn ley, and 
where Queen Mary passed some 
of her happiest days with that 
nobleman. 

Paisley station. 

Elderslic, rendered classical 
from its association with Sir 
William Wallace. 


Johnstone station. 

Johnstone Castle (Lud. Hous¬ 
ton, Esq.) Johnstone was, till 
1781, a hamlet with a popula¬ 
tion of about ten people ; but 
since the establishment of the 
cotton-mills and iron-foun- 
deries, its population has in¬ 
creased to about 6000. 


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Beith, a manufacturing town, 
with a population of about 3000. 

Keith station. 


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Kilbirnie station. 


25 airy station. 

Kilmarnock and Stewarton 
Railway branches off here. 

Kilwinning sta. 

Kilwinning is a manufactur¬ 
ing village. 

Eglinton Castle, the splendid 
mansion of the Earl of 1 glin- 
ton, i9 situated 011 the banks of 
the Lugton, surrounded by a 
park 1200 acres in extent. 

Irvine station. 

Irvine, a sea-port town, the 
birth-place of Jas. Montgomery 
the poet, and Galt the novelist. 
Burns tried to establish him¬ 
self here as a flax-dresser. 

Dundonald Castle, a favou¬ 
rite residence of the Stewart 
kings of Scotland, and where 
Robert II. spent his last days. 

Troon station. 
T&onkton station. 

Monk ton, a small village, 
with about 400 inhabitants. 

Priestwick, a small hut an-j 
cient village, with a market-" 
cross of great antiquity. 

Ayr station. 

Ayr is a royal burgh, and the 
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VII—GLASGOW AND GREENOCK RAILWAY. 

GLASGOW—PAISLEY—PORT-GLASGOW AND GREENOCK.—22$ Miles. 

• Steamboats in connexion with this Railway ply between Greenock, Dunoon, Rothesay, Helensburgh, 
Row, Gairlochhead, Largs, Millport, Ardro9san, and Arran. 


From 

ON BIGHT FROM GLASGOW. Greenock. GLASGOW TO GREENOCK. 


From 

Glasgow. ON LEFT FROM GLASGOW. 


Glasgow station. 


Govan village. 

Craigton, (Henry Dunlop, 
Esq.) 

Jordanhill, (J. Smith, Esq.) 

Shielhall, (A. Johnston, Esq.) 

Renfrew, the capital of Ren¬ 
frewshire, is a town of great 
antiquity, but unlike the other 
towns in its neighbourhood, it 
does not possess the advantage 
of having any large manufac¬ 
tories. 

Paisley station. 

From which there is a branch 
line to Renfrew. 


Houston station. 

Erskine House, the seat of 
Lord Blantyre, is a beautiful 
structure in the Elizabethan 
style. The estate and old man¬ 
sion house of Erskine, which 
still remains, were long the 
property of the Lords Erskine, 
Earls of Mar. 

Bishopton station. 

Bishopton is a small village. 
The estate of Bishopton is the 
property of Sir John Maxwell, 
Bart. 

Tunnel. 

Dumbarton Castle forms a 
prominent and conspicuous ob 
ject from the Railway at this 
point. Previous to his being 
sent to England, Wallace was 
confined in it for some time 
The rock is 560 feet high, and 
a mile in circumference. 

Beautiful view ol the Clyde, 
the Garloch, and Highland 
Hills. 


Newark Castle in ruins. 

Port-Glasgow st. 

Port-Glasgow, a populous 
sea-port town, erected by the 
merchants of Glasgow, before 
the deepening of the river, as 
a convenient place for the ship¬ 
ping of their goods. 

Greenock station. 

Greenock is a large and po¬ 
pulous town, and one of the 
first sea-ports in Scotland. 


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Glasgow station, 

Pollockshaws, a burgh ba¬ 
rony situated in a valley on the 
banks of the Cart. According 
to the last census, it contained 
5007 inhabitants, who are 
chiefly engaged in the manu¬ 
factories of the place. 


Cardonald, an antique struc¬ 
ture, embowered in wood, has 
been in the possession of the 
Blantyre family since the reign 
of James VI. 


Paisley, a celebrated seat of 
manufacturing industry. The 
Abbey Church is an impressive 
object. 

Paisley station. 

There is a small chapel at¬ 
tached to the Abbey, where 
Marjory, daughter of King Ro¬ 
bert Bruce, is interred. This 
chapel possesses a remarkable 
echo. 

Houston station. 

Houston i3a neat village and 
derives its name from the 
Houston family, who resided in 
the neighbourhood. 

Dargavel House, (Maxwell, 
Esq.) 


Bishopton station. 


Tunnel 

Through Bishopton Ridge, 660 
yards long, with an open part 
of 100 yards long in the middle. 
It is 70 feet below the surface, 
and cost .£12,000 in its con¬ 
struction. 


Port-Glasgow st. 


Greenock station.. 

The situation of Greenock is 
very beautiful. Its Custom- 
! House and Exchange are build¬ 
ings of considerable elegance. 


ON RIGHT FROM GREENOCK 



































74 


VIII.—NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. 

EDINBURGH.—DUNBAR.—BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—58 Miles. 
WITH BRANCH LINE TO HADDINGTON.—17 MILES. 


ON RIGHT FROM EDIN. 


From 

Berwick, 


EDINBURGH TO DUNBAR. 


From 
Edin r 


ON LEFT FROM EDIN. 


Bdinr. station, 

Holyrood Palace, St Antho¬ 
ny’s Chapel, and Arthur’s Seat. 

Piershill barracks, with ac¬ 
commodation for 1000 cavalry. 

Portobello station. 


Musselburgh stat, 

A little to the right, Carberry 
Hill, where Queen Mary sur¬ 
rendered herself to the confede¬ 
rated Lords. 


Tranent, an ancient village, 
chiefly inhabited by colliers. 

Tranent station. 

Scene of the battle of Pres¬ 
ton pans, where Prince Charles 
Stuart routed the forces of Sir 
John Cope in 1745. 

Xtongniddry stat. 


Gladsmuir, the birth-place of 
George Heriot. 


Gullane station. 


Haddington station, 

Haddington, the county town 
of East Lothian, distant seven¬ 
teen miles from Edinburgh. 
On the south side of the town 
are the ruins of a Franciscan 
Church. John Knox is said to 
have been born in a house near 
the church. A mile to the 
south, is Lethington, a seat of 
Lord Blantyre’s. 

Hailes Castle, (Sir C. Fer¬ 
guson, Bart.,1 was the chief 
residence of Queen Mary during 
her union with Bothwell. 

Xiinton station. 

Linton, a populous village, 
on the banks of the Tyne, which 
sweeps round its northern side, 
and falls into a large and deep 
linn. 

Nineware House, (James 
Hamilton, Esq.) 

Biel, (Mrs. Ferguson,) with 
its extensive plantations and 
charming walks. 

Belton Place, (Captain Hay, 
R.N.) 

Lochend House, (Sir George 
Warrender, Bart.) 

Dunbar station. 


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Waterloo Bridge. 
Jail and Calton Hill. 


Restalrig village. 

Portobello station. 

Portobello, much frequented 
by the inhabitants of Edinburgh 
for sea-bathing. 


Inveresk church and village. 

Musselburgh stat. 

On Musselburgh Links the 
Edinburgh races are run. In 
their vicinity, the battle of 
Pinkie was fought in 1547. 

House where Col. Gardiner 
fell, and ruins of Preston tower 

Tranent station, 

Seton House, for many cen 
turie9 the residence of the Se- 
tons, Earls of Wintoun. 


Eongniddry station. 

Longniddry, interesting from 
its association with John Knox. 
Near the coast, is Gosford 
House, a mansion of the Earl 
of Wemyss. 

Gullane station. 

Ballencrieff, the property of 
Lord Elibank. From this Sta 
tion, there are coaches for 
Aberlady and Gullane. 


Drem station. 

From which a coach runs to 
Dirleton and North Berwick, 


North Berwick Law and the 
Bass Rock, which rises 400 
feet sheer out of the sea. It 
was long a stronghold of the 
Lauders. It is covered with 
sea-fow l of all kinds. 


Linton station. 

Phantassie, (T. M. I lines. 
Esq.) 

Tyningham House, the man¬ 
sion of the Earl of Haddington. 


Beltonford village. 

West Barns village. 

Beautiful village of Belhaven. 

Dunbar station. 

Half-way. 


































75 


NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.— Continued. 


ON RIGHT FROM EDIN. 


From 

Berwick. 


DUNBAR TO BERWICK. 


From 

Edinr. 


ON LEFT FROM EDIN. 


Dunbar station. 

Famous for its historical asso¬ 
ciations. 

Chesterhall, (J. Henderson, 
Esq.) 


29 


Ruins of Innerwick Castle. 
On the other side of the Glen is 
Thornton Tower, the former the 
fortalice of a Hamilton, and the 
latter of a Hume. 


Dunglass House, (Sir John 
Hall,) embosomed amid beau¬ 
tiful plantations. 

Cockburnspath sta. 


Ancient tower of Cockburns¬ 
path, the property of Sir John 
Hall of Dunglass. 

Tunnel. 


Grant’s House sta. 

Road from Dunse. 


Heston station. 

From which there are coaches 
to Dunse. 


Ayton station. 


Ruins of Lamberton Kirk, 
where Margaret, daughter of 
Henry VII., was married by 
proxy to James IV., a marriage 
which ultimately led to the 
union of the crowns. 

Berwick, situated on a gentle 
declivity, is a well built town, 
with spacious streets, and is 
surrounded by walls, which 
only of late ceased to be regu¬ 
larly fortified. 

'Berwick station. 


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Dunbar station. 

Dunbar Castle, where Black 
Agnes, (Countess of March,) 
signalized herself. 

Broxmouth Park, a seat of 
the Duke of Roxburgh. 
Barryhill, (Capt. Sandilands.) 

East Barns village. 

Skateraw. 

Thornton Loch. 

Bitsdean. 

Cockburnspath sta. 


Peas Bridge, 123 feet high, 
and 300 feet long. In former 
times was an important pass. 
Oliver Cromwell described it as a 
place “ where one man to hin¬ 
der another is better than twelve 
to make way.” 

Grant’s House sta. 

Renton Inn. 

South Renton. 


Greenwood. 
Houndwood. 
Houndwood House, 
Coulson.) 


(Mrs. 


Heston station. 

Coldingham, near the sea, with 
the ruins of a priory celebrated 
in Border history. Near Col 
dingham is St. Abb’s Head and 
Fast Castle, the wolfs crag of 
‘‘the Bride of Lammermoor.” 


Ayton station. 

Ayton village on the banks of 
the Eye, and Ayton House, 
(Mitchell Innes, Esq.) 

Burnmeuth, a romantic little 
fishing village, formerly a fre¬ 
quented haunt of the smuggler. 


Beautiful view of the sea. 


Berwick Castle, so celebrated 
in early history, is now a 
shapeless ruin. 

Berwick station. 
























76 


NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY — Continued. —Hawick Branch. 


ON RIGHT FROM 


EDINBURGH. 


( EDINBURGH — GALASHIELS — 
\ MELROSE—HAWICK. 


ON LEFT FROM EDINBURGH. 


Edinburgh station. 


Dalkeith station. 
Dalhousie station. 

Gorebridge station. 

FUSHIE BRIDGE. 

Borthwick Castle (ruins). 
Currie House—Mr. Brown. 


Heriot Manse — Rev. G. S. 
Smith. 

Heriot village. 

Halltree. 

Pirntaiton. 

Plenploth. 

Pirn—Capt. Tait, R.N. 
Lugate Castle. 

Ferniehirst. 


Bowland—Mr. Walker. 


Torwoodlee — Mr. Meikle- 
ham. 

Galashiels station. 

Galashiels town. 
Abbotsford. 

Melrose station. 

Eildon Hills. 


Ellieston. 

Longnewton village. 
Belshnes. 


Hawick station. 



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Edinburgh station. 


Dalkeith station. 
Dalhousie station. 

Gorebridge station. 

FUSHIE BRIDGE. 

Crichton Castle (ruins). 

Hangingshaw village. 
Crookston—Mr. Borthwick. 
Burnhouse—Lord Wood. 

Watherston. 

Stow village. 

Torsonce. 


Galashiels station. 

Gattonside village. 
Melrose town. 

Melrose station. 

Dryburgh Abbey (ruins). 
St. Boswell's village. 


Minto Castle—Earl of Min to 

Hawick station. 





























IX.—SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. 

Coaches in connection with this line run from Stirling to Callander ; from Greenloaning to Crieff, Aberfeld 7 
and Amulree ; from Dunblane to Doune ; and from Blackford to Rumbling Bridge. 


ON RIGHT FROM PERTH. 


PERTH STIRLING— 


Perth station. 


Aberdalgie village. 

Forgandenny station. 
Forteviot station. 

Dunning station. 

Gask House—Mr. J. B. Oli- 
phant. 

Aberruthven. 

Auchterarder village. 

Auchterarder station. 

Tullibardine Castle—ruins. 


Orchil. 

Blackford station. 

Roman Camp. 

Ardoch. 

Greenloaning station. 
Kinbuck station. 


Dunblane station. 

Heir—Mr. A. Stirling. 
Lecropt. 

Bridge of Allan sta. 

Stirling. 

Stirling station. 
Bannockburn station. 

Bannockburn village, and 
field of battle, fought 1514. 

Larbert village. 

Larbert station. 

Denny village. 

Loanhead village. 

Castlecary station. 

Kilsyth village. 


The Scottish Central here 
joins the Caledonian and Edin¬ 
burgh and Glasgow Railways. 


Coatbridge station. 


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Forgandenny station. 

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Forteviot station. 


Invermay—Mr. Belshes. 

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Dunning station. 

Duncrab—Lord Rollo. 

Ternavie. 

13* 

Auchterarder station. 

Kincardine Castle — Mr. J. 
Johnstone. 

Gleneagles House — Earl of 
Camperdown. 

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Blackford station. 

Bittergask. 

22 

Greenloaning station. 

25* 

Kinbuck station. 

Sheriff' Muir, where a battle 
was fought in 1715. 

28 

Dunblane station. 


Dunblane village. 

Kippenross—Mr. J. Stirling, 

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Bridge of Allan sta. 

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Stirling station. 


River Forth. 

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Bannockburn station. 

Bruce Castle. 

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Larbert station. 

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Camelon village. 

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Greenhill junc. sta. 


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Airdrie village. 

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Coatbridge station. 


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X.—WISH AW AND COLTNESS RAILWAY. 

GLASGOW.—COATBRIDGE.—CARLUKE.—MORNINGSIDE.—21 Milks. 

Now amalgamated with the Caledonian Railway. 




ON RIGHT FROM GLASGOW. 


GLASGOW TO MORNINGSIDE. 


ON LEFT FROM GLASGOW 


Glasgow station. 


Redderic Park. 
Lethamhill. 


Garnkirk station. 


Bishop Loch, a narrow stripe 
of water about a mile in length. 


Gartsherrie Iron Works. 


Coatbridge station. 

Coatbridge village, near 
which are the extensive iron 
works of Dundy van. 

WhifHat station. 

Old Monkland village, situ¬ 
ate in a parish abounding with 
coal and iron, which are 
wrought extensively in its 
neighbourhood. 


Bellshill and 
Holytown station. 

Bellshill village, near which 
i9 Both well Castle, described 
at page 232. 


Motherwell sta. 

Motherwell village. 


Dalziel House, (Hamilton, 
Esq.,) once the property of the 
Dalziels, Earls of Camwath. 


Wish aw station. 


Overtown station. 
Carluke station. 

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Coatbridge station. 


'WhifHat station. 


Calder Iron Works. The 
Calder valley is here crossed by 
a magnificent viaduct, two fur¬ 
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height. 


Holytown and 
Bellshill station. 

Holytown, a considerable vil- 
lage. 


Motherwell sta. 


Cleland House (Hon. N. Dai¬ 
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Wishaw House (Lord Bel- 
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Coltness. 


Wishaw station. 

Cambusnethan, situated a- 
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Overton station. 


Morningside sta. 

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INDEX. 


Abbotsford, 7- 
Aberdeen, 24, and Itin. 54. 
Aberdour, 39. 

Aberfeldy, 21. 

Aberfoyle, Pass of, 17- 
Acharn Waterfall, 21. 

Aird’s Moss, Itin. 48. 
Airdrie, Itin. 50. 

Airth Castle, 40. 

Alloa, 40. 

Alloway Kirk, Itin. 59. 
Altrive, 5. 

Amulree, 20. 

Ancrum, Itin. 41. 

Arbroath, Itin. 54. 
Ardincaple Inn, 31. 

Aros Castle, 35. 

Asliiestiel, Itin. 43. 

Avon River, and Vale of, 22. 
Auchtergaven Village, 18. 
Ayr, Itin. 58. 

Balfrax, 21. 

Balgownie Bridge, 24. 
Ballalachan Village, 20. 
Ballantrae Village, Itin. 59. 
Bahuacneil Village, 20. 
Balnaguard Inn,"20. 

Banff, Itin. 63. 
Bannockburn, 12. 

Bass, Aberdeen, Itin. 62. 
Bathgate, Itin. 50. 

Beauty, Itin. 55. 

Bemerside, 7. 

Benachie, Itin. 62. 

Ben Cruachan, 34. 

Benledi, 13. 

Ben Lawers, 22. 

Ben Lomond, 15. 

Ben Nevis, 37- 
Benvenue, 14. 

Ben Voirlich, 22. 

Ben Wyvis, Itin. 55. 
Berridale, Itin. 57- 
Berwick, Itin. 44-. 

Birnam Hill, 18. 

Blackness Castle, 39. 
Blackhouse Tower, 5. 

Blair Castle, Itin. 53. 

Blair Drummond, 13. 
Blairgowrie, 19. 

Blantyre, Priory, 27- 
Bonmngton House, 28 
Bonnington Linn, 28. 
Borthwick Castle, Itin. 41. 
Botliwell Bridge, 27- 
Bothwell Castle, 26. 
BoiTowstommess, 40. 
Bowhill, 6. 


Boyne Castle, Itin. 63. 
Braan, Palls of, 19. 
Bracklin, Falls of, 13. 
Branxholm Castle, Itin. 43. 
Brechin, Itin. 52. 

Bridge of Allan, 13. 

Bridge of Turk, 14. 
Broadmeadows, 5. 
Broomhall, 39. 

Brora, Itin. 56. 

Bruar, Falls of, 20. 

Burns’ Cottage, Itin. 59. 
Butterstone Loch, 19. 
Cadyow Castle, 27. 
Caledonian Canal, 37- 
Callander, 13. 

Camhusmore, 13. 
Camhusnethan, 27. 
Campsie Linn, 18. 

Cardross Castle, 31. 

Carron Iron Works, Itin. 45. 
Cartland Crags, 29, Itin. 65. 
Cawdor Castle, Itin. 64. 
Charlestown, 39. 
Cliatellierault, 27. 
Clackmannan, 40. 

Clocli Point, 32. 

Cluny Castle, 19. 

Clyde, Fads of, 26. 
Coldstream, 8. 

Colzean Castle, Itin 59. 
Comrie Village, 23. 

Corea Linn, 28. 

Craigforth, 13. 
Craighall-Rattray, 19. 
Craignetlian Castle, 28. 
Crieff, 23. 

Crinan Canal, 37. 
Crookston Castle, 58. 
Crossraguel Abbey, Itin. 59. 
Culloden, Itin. 64. 

Culross, 40. 

Cumnock, Itin. 48. 
Cupar-Angus, Itin. 52. 
Cupar-Fife, Itin. 54. 
Dalliousie Castle, Itin. 41. 
Dalmarnock Village, 20. 
Dalmeny Park, 39. 

Dalserf Village, 28. 
Daxnaway Castle, Itin. 64. 
Deuchar Swire, 5. 

Devil’s Caldron, 23. 
Dingwall, Itin. 55. 

Docliart Vale, 22. 
Donnibrissel House, 39. 
Dornoch, Itin. 56. 

Doune, 13. 

| Drumclog, Itin. 47- 


Drummelzier Castle, Itin. 
46. 

Drummond Castle, 24. 
Dryburgh Abbey, 7. 
Dryhope Castle, 5. 

Duart Castle, 35. 
Dumbarton, 31, and Itin. 61. 
Dumfries, Itin. 46. 

Dunbar, Itin. 44. 

Dundee, Itin. 54. 

Duneira House, 23. 
Douglas House, Itin. 44. 
Doune, 13. 

Dunglass Castle, 30. 
Dunideer, Itin. 62. 
Dunkeld, 18, and Itin. 53. 
Dunmore House, 40. 
Dunolly Castle, 34. 
Dunoon, 32. 

Dunnottar Castle, Itin. 54. 
Dunrobin Castle, Itin. 56. 
Dunsinane Hill, Itin. 52. 
Dunskey Castle, Itin. 59. 
Dunstaffnage Castle, 34. 
Duntroon Castle, 33. 
Edinample, 22. 

Edinburgh, 1-3. 

Ednam Village, 8. 

Eglinton Castle, Itin. 72. 
Eildon Hills, 7- 
Elgin, Itin. 63. 

Erskine House, 30. 

Ettrick Shepherd, 5. 
Falkirk, Itin. 45. 

Faskally, Itin. 53. 

Fingal’s Cave, Staff a, 36. 
Fingal’s Grave, 22. 
Finhaven Castle, Itin. 52. 
Flem-s Castle, 7. 
Fochabers, Itin. 62. 

Forfar, Itin. 52. 

Forres, Itin. 64. 

Fort Augustus, 38. 

Fort George, Itin. 64. 

Fort William, 37- 
Foyers, Fall of, 38. 

Fyvie Castle, Itin. 63. 
Garth Castle, 20. 

Girvan, Itin. 59. 

Glammis Castle, Itin. 52. 
Glasgow, 25. 

Glencoe, Itin. 61. 
Glenfallocli, 15. 

Glenfarg, Itin. 51. 

Glen Ogle, 22. 

Glen Urquliart, 38. 

Gordon Castle, Itin. 63. 

! Gourock, 31. 







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Gow’s Neil, Residence, 19. 
Grandtully Castle, 20. 
Granton 39. 

Greenock, 31, and Itin. 58. 
Grey Mare’s Tail, 5. 
Haddington, Itin. 44. 
Hailes Castle, Itin. 44. 
Halidon Hill, 9. 

Hamilton, 27, and Itin. 60. 
Hamilton Palace, 27- 
Hawick, Itin. 43. 
Hawthorndcn, Itin. 41. 
Helensburgh, 31. 

Hirsel (The) 8. 

Holy Loch, 32. 

Holyrood House, 2. 
Hopetoun House, 39. 
Hume Castle, 8. 

Iluntly Castle, Itin. 62. 
Inchcolm, 39. 
Inchmarnock, 33. 

Innerkip, 32. 

Innerleithen, Itin. 60. 
Inverkeithing, Itin. 51. 
Inver Village, 20. 
Inverness, Itin. 53 and 64. 
Inversnaid, 14. 

Inverury, Itin. 62. 

Iona, 36. 

Inane, Itin. 58. 

Jedburgh, Itin. 41. 
Jerviswood House, 29. 
Johnstone, Itin. 72. 

Karnes Castle, 33. 

Kelburn Castle 32. 

Kelso, 8, and Itin. 42. 
Kenmore, 21. 

Kerrera Island, 34-35. 
Killiecrankie, Itin. 53. 
Killin, 22. 

Kilmarnock, Itin. 47- 
Kilmim, 32. 

Kincardine, 40. 

Kinnaird House, 20. 

Kinneil House, 40. 

Kinross, Itin. 51. 

Kirkaldy, Itin. 54. 

Ladykirk, 8. 

Lamerton Kirk, Itin. 44. 
Lanark 29, Itin. 48, 60. 
Lanrick Castle, 13. 

Largs, 32, and Itin. 58. 
Lauder Village, Itin. 42. 
Laurieston Castle, 39. 
LaurencekirkVillage, It. 52. 
Lecropt Church, 13. 

Lees, 8. 

Leith, 4. 

Lennel, Church of, 8. 
Lennox Castle, 16. 
Lessudden, 7- 
Linlithgow, Itin. 45. 
Lismore, 35. 

Loch Achray, 14. 

- Ard, 17. 


Loch Chon, 17. 

- Cluny, 19. 

- Craignish, 33. 

- Earn, 22. 

- Gilphead, 28. 

-Fyne, 33. 

-Katrine, 14. 

-- Linnhe, 37. 

- Lochy, 37- 

- Lomond, 15. 

- Ness, 38. 

- Oich, 38. 

- Itannoch, 20. 

- Tay 21. 

-Venachar, 14. 

Lochearnhead Village, 22. 
Lochlin Castle, Itin. 56. 
Logierait, 20. 

Loudon Castle, Itin. 47- 
Luss, 15. 

Maryburgh, 37, Itin. 61. 
Maybole, Itin. 59. 

Meigle, Itin. 52. 

Melrose, 7- 

Menteith, Lake of, 16. 
Menzies Castle, 21. 
Mid-Calder, Itin. 47. 
Mingarry Castle, 35. 
MolFat, Itin. 46. 

Moness Falls of, 21. 
Montrose, Itin. 54. 

Monzie Castle, 24. 

Morven Hills, 37- 
Mount Benger, 5. 

Mount Stewart, 33. 

Mull, Islands of, 35. 
Murtlily Castle, 18. 
Musselburgh, Itin. 47- 
Muthil Village, 24. 

Nairn, Itin. 64. 

Nethan River, 28. 

Newark Castle, 6 and 31. 
Niddry Castle, Itin. 45. 
Nidpatli Castle, Itin. 46. 
Norham Castle, 9. 

Oban, 34. 

Ochil Hills, 40. 

Oclitertyre, 13, 23. 

Ord Mountains, Itin. 57. 
Ossian’s Hall, 19. 

Paisley, Itin. 58. 

Park’s (M.) Birth place, 6. 
Peas Bridge, Itin. 45. 
Peebles, Itin. 46 and 60. 
Perth, 18, and Itin. 51. 
Philiphaugh, 6, Itin. 43. 
Pinkie, Itin. 44. 

Pitcaithly Well, Itin. 51. 
Polkemmet House, Itin. 49. 
Portincross Castle, Itin. 58. 
Port-Glasgow, 31. 
Portpatrick, Itin. 59. 
Portobello, 4. 

Prestonpans, battle of,Lf 45. 
Queensferry, Itin. 51. 


I RAILWAYS— 

Caledonian, 65. 

Dundee, Arbroath, and 
Forfar, 68. 

Dundee, Newtyle,Cupar- 
Angus, 69. 

Edinburgh & Glasgow,70. 
Edinburgh and North¬ 
ern, 71. 

Glasgow & Ayr, 72. 
Glasgow & Greenock, 73. 
North British, 74. 
Scottish Central, 77. 
Wishaw and Coltness, 78. 
Renfrew, 30. 

Rob Roy’s Grave, 13. 
Roseneath, 31. 

Roslin, 4. 

Rosyth Castle, 39. 
Rothesay, 32. 

Roxburgh Castle, 7. 
Rumbling Bridge, 19. 
Ruthcrglen, Itin. 60. 

St. Boswell’s Village, 7. 

St. Fillan’s Pool, Itin. 61. 
St. Mary’s Loch, 5. 
Schehallion, 20. 

Scone Palace, 18, kllin. 52. 
Selkirk, 6, and Itin. 43. 
Soutra Hill, Itin. 42. 

Staffa, 35-6. 

Stalker Castle, 37. 

Stirling, 11, & Itin. 45. 
Stonebyres, Fall of, 28. 
Stranraer, Itin. 59. 
Strathaven, Itin. 47. 
Strathearn Valley, 23. 
Strathpeffer, Itin. 55. 

Strath Tay, 20. 

Sweno’s Stone, Itin. 64. 
Swinton Village, 8. 

Tain, Itin. 56. 

Tarbet House, Itin. 55. 
Tarbet Inn, 15. 

Taymouth Castle, 21. 
Thirlestane Castle, Itin. 42. 
Thurso, Itin. 57. 

Tillmouth Village, 8. 
Tobermory, 35. 

Torwood, Itin. 45. 

Toward Castle, 32. 

Trosachs, The, 14. 
Tulliallen, Castle, 40. 
Tullibody House, 40. 
Tummel Bridge, &c., 20. 
Tumberry Castle, 59. 
Twizel Castle, 8. 
Uddingstone Village, 26. 
Urquhart Castle, 38. 

Vale of Dochart, 22. 

Valley of Strathearn, 23. 
Wark Castle, 8. 

Wick, Itin. 57. 

Winchburgh, Itin. 45. 
Yarrow Vale of, 5. 


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